Harvard Art Museums > 1974.155: Untitled; verso: Half-Length Female Nude 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"Untitled; verso: Half-Length Female Nude (David Smith) , 1974.155,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309058. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1974.155 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Untitled; verso: Half-Length Female Nude Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1953 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309058 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink on cream wove paper Dimensions actual: 76 x 108.2 cm (29 15/16 x 42 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.r.: [delta sigma for DS] 2/20 53 inscription: old backing to frame, now discarded, graphite?, signed, in artist's hand: This drawing belongs to / Mrs. Culver Orswell / Pomfret Center Conn. / She will pick it up. / 4/11/62 David S. [see photo of this inscription in curatorial file] inscription: verso, graphite: [per note in curatorial file:] C259 #10 / Frame Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to 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 1974.155 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 Edward F. Fry and Miranda McClintic, David Smith: Painter, Sculptor, Draftsman, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and George Braziller (New York and Washington D.C., 1982), p. 34, fig. 5, ill. (b/w) Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 241, p. 268 note 78, p. 349 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
