1974.156: Study for "Zig VII"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1974.156

People

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

Title

Study for "Zig VII"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1963

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309059

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown-black fiber-tip ink over graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

folded sheet: 18.9 x 73.7 cm (7 7/16 x 29 in.)
sheet: 73.3 x 55.2 cm (28 7/8 x 21 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, black ink, in artist's hand: For LO direct from the wall June 10-- 63
• inscription: l.r. of frame, black marker: D / S / P
• blind stamp: right edge, embossed: THE PACE GAL[LERY]
• inscription: backing board, graphite: David Smith / Coll: Lois Orswell / Pomfret Conn
• label: taped to backing board, black ink, typed and handwritten: The note on this drawing refers to the fact that I stripped it from the wall of the big workshop while the sculpture was in progress. This was the one occasion when I was that aggressive in my "purchasing visits" but I did want one that was the most spontaneous and personal possible and I [handwritten in blue ink: AM] glad I did it. / [handwritten in blue ink:] L.O.--
• inscription: recto, printed: MIKUS / MAY 13 JUNE 1 ,1963 / PREVIEW SUNDAY MAY 12 5-7 P.M. / THE PACE GALLERY, 125 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON
• inscription: verso [folded to send as an announcement], black ballpoint ink: Mr. David Smith / Bolton Landing / New York, New York / 3rd class
• postage stamp: verso: [4 cent stamp on gallery announcement]
• seal: blue paper: [blue paper seal, now broken, used to seal folded gallery announcement]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1963, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.

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

1974

Object Number

1974.156

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Executed on Pace Gallery announcement for Mikus show (May 13 - June 1, 1963, Pace Gallery, Boston), folded three times lengthwise and five times crosswise. Sent to David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, New York, 3rd class (postmarked May 5, 1963)

Publication History

• Jeanne L. Wasserman, Six Sculptors and Their Drawings, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1971), no. 40
• Sarah Kianovsky, David Smith: This Work is My Identity, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1995), reproduced in b/w p. 3
• Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 258, fig. 68, pp. 141-142, 276, 358, 379

Exhibition History

• Six Sculptors and Their Drawings, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/1971 - 06/07/1971
• 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

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