Harvard Art Museums > 1994.18: Sentinel IV Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sentinel IV (David Smith) , 1994.18,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232816. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1994.18 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Sentinel IV Other Titles Alternate Title: Sculpture from the "Sentinel" Series Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1957 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232816 Physical Descriptions Medium Welded steel with black paint. Dimensions 207 x 73.7 x 53.3 cm (81 1/2 x 29 x 21 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: On side: David Smith, Signed Date: 5-4-57 inscription: On side: Sen. 1957/5-4-57 Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Smith, sold; to Mrs. Lois Orswell, 1962, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Krauss 432 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 1994.18 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 Kenneth Baker, "Go Ahead, Take A Long Look", Christian Science Monitor, n.p. Fairfield Porter, "David Smith: Steel into Sculpture", Art News (1957), vol. 56, no. 5, p. 43, ill. Hilton Kramer, "Month in Review", Arts (1957), vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 49-51, p. 51, ill. Jane Harrison Cone, David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Thomas Todd Co. (Cambridge, MA, 1966), pp. 9, 47, ill. 76, no. 340 Wayne V. Anderson, "American Sculpture: The Situation in the Fifties", Artforum (1967), vol. 5, no. 10, p. 60, p. 60, ill. H. Harvard Arnason, History of Modern Art: painting, sculpture, architecture, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1968), pp. 560-561, ill. Rosalind E. Krauss, Terminal Iron Works: The Sculpture of David Smith, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA, 1971) Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith, a Catalogue Raisonné, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, NY, 1977), cat. no. 432 "Grand Contructions: Fogg Exhibition Shows David Smith in Three Media", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), vol. 17, no. 1, p. 4, ill. "Sculptural Collage", Cape Cod Times (1979), n.p., ill. E. A. Carmean, Jr., David Smith: Seven Major Themes, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C., 1982), p. 94, fig. 10, ill. Development of Sculpture in the Twentieth Century: From Rodin to Christo, Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan (Shiga, Japan, 1984), p. 134, ill. Alison de Lima Greene, "Looking at David Smith's Two Circle Sentinel", Bulletin - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, 1985), vol. 8, no. 4, p. 5 Miles Unger, "David Smith at Harvard", Art New England (1995), vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 16-17, ill. Christine Temin, "Sculpture that won't let you stand still", The Boston Globe (Boston, 1995), p. 49 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. 213, fig. 26, pp. 60-61 Grace Glueck, "Lois Orswell, David Smith and Friends", The New York Times (New York, 2003), p. E48, ill. Katie Stone, "Lois Orswell, David Smith and Friends: Knoedler & Company", Brooklyn Rail (2003), p. 15, ill. Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, 2003), p53 Hilarie M. Sheets, "A Spiritual Journey", Art News, ARTnews (New York, NY, April 2004), p. 58 Rex Weil, "David Smith, Lois Orswell and Friends", Art News (2004), vol. 103, no. 3, n.p. Sarah Hamill, David Smith: Works, Writings, Interview, Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A. (Barcelona, 2011), p. 50 Susan Cooke, ed., David Smith: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Interviews, brochure, University of California Press (Oakland, 2018), p. 337 Exhibition History David Smith, The Museum of Modern Art, 09/10/1957 - 10/20/1957 David Smith: 23 Related Sculptures, Drawings, Paintings, Fogg Art Museum, 01/01/1972 - 02/29/1972 Terminal Iron Works: The Sculpture of David Smith, Fogg Art Museum, 07/05/1972 - 09/15/1972 David Smith: Sculpture, Drawings, and Paintings, Fogg Art Museum, 10/01/1979 - 11/25/1979 David Smith: Five Sculptures in the Courtyard, Fogg Art Museum, 07/22/1981 - 09/20/1981 David Smith: Sculptures and Drawings 1906-1965, Fogg Art Museum, 06/09/1990 - 08/05/1990 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 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 11/14/2003 - 01/24/2004 Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013 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
