1994.18: Sentinel IV

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1994.18

People

David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT)

Title

Sentinel IV

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Sculpture from the "Sentinel" Series

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

1957

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/232816

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Welded steel with black paint.

Dimensions

207 x 73.7 x 53.3 cm (81 1/2 x 29 x 21 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: On side: David Smith, Signed Date: 5-4-57
• inscription: On side: Sen. 1957/5-4-57

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Smith, sold; to Mrs. Lois Orswell, 1962, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Krauss 432

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

1994

Object Number

1994.18

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Kenneth Baker, "Go Ahead, Take A Long Look", Christian Science Monitor, n.p.
• Fairfield Porter, "David Smith: Steel into Sculpture", Art News (1957), vol. 56, no. 5, p. 43, ill.
• Hilton Kramer, "Month in Review", Arts (1957), vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 49-51, p. 51, ill.
• Jane Harrison Cone, David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Thomas Todd Co. (Cambridge, MA, 1966), pp. 9, 47, ill. 76, no. 340
• Wayne V. Anderson, "American Sculpture: The Situation in the Fifties", Artforum (1967), vol. 5, no. 10, p. 60, p. 60, ill.
• H. Harvard Arnason, History of Modern Art: painting, sculpture, architecture, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1968), pp. 560-561, ill.
• Rosalind E. Krauss, Terminal Iron Works: The Sculpture of David Smith, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA, 1971)
• Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith, a Catalogue Raisonné, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, NY, 1977), cat. no. 432
• "Grand Contructions: Fogg Exhibition Shows David Smith in Three Media", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), vol. 17, no. 1, p. 4, ill.
• "Sculptural Collage", Cape Cod Times (1979), n.p., ill.
• E. A. Carmean, Jr., David Smith: Seven Major Themes, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C., 1982), p. 94, fig. 10, ill.
• Development of Sculpture in the Twentieth Century: From Rodin to Christo, Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan (Shiga, Japan, 1984), p. 134, ill.
• Alison de Lima Greene, "Looking at David Smith's Two Circle Sentinel", Bulletin - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, 1985), vol. 8, no. 4, p. 5
• Miles Unger, "David Smith at Harvard", Art New England (1995), vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 16-17, ill.
• Christine Temin, "Sculpture that won't let you stand still", The Boston Globe (Boston, 1995), p. 49
• Sarah Kianovsky, David Smith: This Work is My Identity, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1995), reproduced in b/w p. 4
• Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 213, fig. 26, pp. 60-61
• Grace Glueck, "Lois Orswell, David Smith and Friends", The New York Times (New York, 2003), p. E48, ill.
• Katie Stone, "Lois Orswell, David Smith and Friends: Knoedler & Company", Brooklyn Rail (2003), p. 15, ill.
• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, 2003), p53
• Hilarie M. Sheets, "A Spiritual Journey", Art News, ARTnews (New York, NY, April 2004), p. 58
• Rex Weil, "David Smith, Lois Orswell and Friends", Art News (2004), vol. 103, no. 3, n.p.
• Sarah Hamill, David Smith: Works, Writings, Interview, Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A. (Barcelona, 2011), p. 50
• Susan Cooke, ed., David Smith: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Interviews, brochure, University of California Press (Oakland, 2018), p. 337

Exhibition History

• David Smith, The Museum of Modern Art, 09/10/1957 - 10/20/1957
• David Smith: 23 Related Sculptures, Drawings, Paintings, Fogg Art Museum, 01/01/1972 - 02/29/1972
• Terminal Iron Works: The Sculpture of David Smith, Fogg Art Museum, 07/05/1972 - 09/15/1972
• David Smith: Sculpture, Drawings, and Paintings, Fogg Art Museum, 10/01/1979 - 11/25/1979
• David Smith: Five Sculptures in the Courtyard, Fogg Art Museum, 07/22/1981 - 09/20/1981
• David Smith: Sculptures and Drawings 1906-1965, Fogg Art Museum, 06/09/1990 - 08/05/1990
• David Smith: "This work is my identity", Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/1995 - 05/05/1996
• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003
• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 11/14/2003 - 01/24/2004
• Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013

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