Harvard Art Museums > 1966.33: The Artist Photographing a Female Torso; verso: Sketch for "Horse and Rider" Drawings Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Artist Photographing a Female Torso; verso: Sketch for "Horse and Rider" (David Smith) , 1966.33,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jul 14, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/308865. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1966.33 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title The Artist Photographing a Female Torso; verso: Sketch for "Horse and Rider" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1937-1938 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308865 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray tempera, black ink, graphite, and scratchwork on off-white wove paper; verso: black ink and graphite Dimensions actual: 17.8 x 25.4 cm (7 x 10 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.r.: DS inscription: l.r., graphite: 1937 inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: Horse & rider painted while [or white?] green black / made 1938 inscription: l.r.c., graphite: 1785-6 Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, gift; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1961, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1966. NOTE: See correspondence from Mrs. Orswell in curatorial file for 1966.16: "Some time ago, David gave me the sketches saying they were early ones and would I give them to the Fogg "some time."... I think my name should not be used for the purposes of labels etc., and that they should be "gift of David Smith"." Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David Smith Copyright © The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Accession Year 1966 Object Number 1966.33 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. Descriptions Description Upper edge of sheet irregular. Publication History Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 152, ill. "Drawings on Exhibition", Drawing (July 1995 - August 1995), vol. XVII, no. 2, reproduced in b/w p. 38 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. 228, fig. 171, pp. 267 note 76, 349, 352 (repr. b/w), 379 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 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 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2018 - 04/18/2019 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
