Harvard Art Museums > 1994.27: Red Heart Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Red Heart (David Smith) , 1994.27,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232822. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1994.27 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Red Heart Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1959 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232822 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil? and synthetic medium on canvas Dimensions 256.86 x 124.78 cm (101 1/8 x 49 1/8 in.) framed: 258.13 x 126.05 x 4.45 cm (101 5/8 x 49 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower center: David Smith 1959 inscription: Written in ink on two horizontal bars of the stretcher: Red Heart Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1959, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. 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 1994.27 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. 219, p. 158, p. 159 as fig. 73 (color), p. 348, 378 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, 2003), p56 Exhibition History 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 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
