1994.31: Untitled; verso: Woman

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1994.31

People

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

Title

Untitled; verso: Woman

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1953

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305758

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and gouache on cream wove paper; verso: black ink

Dimensions

actual: 108.7 x 76 cm (42 13/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: David Smith / 4/22/53 ARK
• inscription: verso, l.r., blue ballpoint: 3635 / #1
• inscription: back of frame, graphite: 1-22-62
• inscription: upper member of frame, graphite: [AS10]?

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 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

1994.31

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pinholes at all corners.

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. 242, p. 268 note 77, p. 349

Exhibition History

• Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

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