Untitled (Self-portrait with Detroit Queen)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1989.26
People: David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT)
Title: Untitled (Self-portrait with Detroit Queen)
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: c. 1957
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/281910

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 24.4 x 19.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

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: 1989
Object Number: P1989.26
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 264, fig. 1, p. 13, 358

Exhibition History

David Smith: "This work is my identity", Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/1995 - 05/05/1996
About Face: Artist's Portraits in Photography, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/19/1997 - 10/12/1997
Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003
32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2018 - 04/18/2019

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