Harvard Art Museums > 1974.154: Study for "Terpsichore and Euterpe" 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"Study for "Terpsichore and Euterpe" (David Smith) , 1974.154,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309075. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1974.154 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Study for "Terpsichore and Euterpe" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1947 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309075 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink and purple fiber-tip ink on cream wove paper, darkened Dimensions actual: 51.2 x 67 cm (20 3/16 x 26 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, u.r.: David / Smith 1947 inscription: u.r., black ink, in artist's hand: For BC Fab. inscription: back of frame (now missing): David Smith / Working drawing for "Terpsichore & Euterpe" (coll: L.O.) / Coll: Lois Orswell / Pomfret, Conn. [see notation in curatorial file] 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 1974.154 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 The Sculpture of David Smith: A Handlist, checklist, Washington Gallery of Modern Art and Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA and Washington DC, 1966 - 1967), no. 160 Jeanne L. Wasserman, Six Sculptors and Their Drawings, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1971), no. 36 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 238, p. 349, p. 353 as fig. 172 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Friends: Works from the Lois Orswell Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, 2003), cat. no. 16, repr. (color) Exhibition History Six Sculptors and Their Drawings, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/1971 - 06/07/1971 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 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
