Harvard Art Museums > 1966.34: Leo Lances Photographing a Piece of Sculpture; verso: Three Reclining Female Nudes Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Leo Lances Photographing a Piece of Sculpture; verso: Three Reclining Female Nudes (David Smith) , 1966.34,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 09, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/308868. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1966.34 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Leo Lances Photographing a Piece of Sculpture; verso: Three Reclining Female Nudes Other Titles Alternate Title: The Artist Photographing a Piece of Sculpture Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1937 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308868 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink, gray and white gouache, and scratchwork on cream wove paper; verso: turquoise ink Dimensions 17.3 x 25.4 cm (6 13/16 x 10 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.r.: [delta sigma for D.S.] inscription: verso, center, graphite: opposite / Leo 1937 inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 1785-11 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 © 2020 The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Accession Year 1966 Object Number 1966.34 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 Karen Wilkin, David Smith: The Formative Years, Sculpture and Drawings from the 1930's and 1940's, exh. cat., Edmonton Art Gallery (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1981), no. 43, fig. 10, p. 35 Karen Wilkin, David Smith, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1984), Reproduced on p. 92, fig. 107 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 227, pp. 267 note 76, 349, 379 Richard Mulholland, "Of Dreams and Visions and Things Not Known: Looking at David Smith's Drawing Media" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2003), Unpublished, pp. 1-43 passim Exhibition History David Smith: The Formative Years, Sculpture and Drawings from the 1930's and 1940's, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, 01/06/1981 - 03/01/1981 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 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
