Harvard Art Museums > 1974.144: Untitled Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled (David Smith) , 1974.144,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309097. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1974.144 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Untitled Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date Jul 26 1956 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309097 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink with blue, red, and black ground pigments on off-white antique laid paper Dimensions actual: 39.9 x 51.7 cm (15 11/16 x 20 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.l.: David Smith 7/26/56 watermark: [design with head [of Christ?] with upraised hand, flower, letters FJH] [ ]99 inscription: l.l., black ink, in artist's hand: for L.O. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT, Gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 1974. Probably acquired directly from the artist. Orswell placed work on long-term loan from 1971 to 1974. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell Copyright © The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Accession Year 1974 Object Number 1974.144 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 247, fig. 177, p. 355, 358 Richard Mulholland, "Of Dreams and Visions and Things Not Known: Looking at David Smith's Drawing Media" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2003), Unpublished, pp. 1-43 passim Exhibition History Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
