Hand Sewing Machine
Artist: Arthur Dove (American, 1880–1946)
Original Dimensions: 14 7/8" x 19 3/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1927) "Hand Sewing Machine is one of twenty-five mixed-media works that Dove created during the 1920s. The machine is painted on a sheet of aluminum, whose dull silver surface remains visible in certain areas. The fabric being stitched is an actual piece of linen. A hand-operated sewing machine such as this one would have already been considered old-fashioned by the 1920s. However, Dove and his wife owned one and used it in their daily lives." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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