Curatorial Narrative In the midst of the Great Depression, Arthur Dove’s 1935 painting “Goat” stands as a testament to the artist’s innovative spirit and commitment to abstraction. Executed in an impasto style, the work’s thick, heavy brushstrokes imbue the canvas with a tactile quality, inviting the viewer to engage with the physicality of the painting. Dove’s palette, characterized by earthy tones of brown and green, punctuated by flashes of white, blue, and black, conjures an atmosphere both rustic and modern. This visual tension is heightened by the artist’s reduction of the goat’s form to a series of abstracted, geometric shapes, which seem to hover just above the picture plane.When enlarged to 59×44 inches, “Goat” assumes a monumental quality, its chromatic structure and spatial depth exerting a profound influence on the surrounding environment. The brown and green hues, reminiscent of rich leather and velvet, would pair exqui