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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.318
People
David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT)
Title
Study for "Cubi XXII"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
June 5, 1964
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/178214

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black fiber-tip ink and blue and black ballpoint ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
27.1 x 20 cm (10 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, blue ink, ball-point pen, in artist's hand: Stainless
  • inscription: upper right, blue ink, ball-point pen, in artist's hand: Cubi XXII / ht 103 3/4 / wd 77 1/4
  • inscription: lower left, blue ink, ball-point pen, in artist's hand: signed June 5 - 1964
  • inscription: lower right, blue ink, ball-point ink, in artist's hand: Base 29 x 31
  • watermark: "Mead Bond" with the letter "M" in a circle and "U.S.A." underneath

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, gift; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1964, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Copyright
© The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.318
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
right edge irregular

Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 260, fig. 102, pp. 214, 287, 358, 379

Exhibition History

  • Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003

Verification Level

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