2021.209: Composition
DrawingsFour independent vertical black forms against an off-white background. Each vertical column is composed of stacked brush strokes, which become thinner from left to right.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2021.209
- People
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David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT)
- Title
- Composition
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1953
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/370176
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink with inclusions on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 63.5 × 47 cm (25 × 18 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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watermark: Lower left
: RIVES (one at upper right, one at lower left in reverse from recto) - estate stamp: on verso, lower left : Stamp, black ink: ESTATE OF DAVID SMITH / ACC. NO. 73-57.148 (number handwritten in black ink, 4 is a correction, over a 3)
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watermark: Lower left
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
- Copyright
- © The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
- Accession Year
- 2021
- Object Number
- 2021.209
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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