Harvard Art Museums > 1974.148: Study for "Agricola I" (recto and verso) 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 "Agricola I" (recto and verso) (David Smith) , 1974.148,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309099. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1974.148 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Study for "Agricola I" (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1951 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309099 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink, gray gouache, and red-brown watercolor on off-white laid paper; verso: black ink Dimensions actual: 58 x 46.5 cm (22 13/16 x 18 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in image, u.r., black ink, in artist's hand: illfated cast iron junked / Aug 6, 1951 / remake in steel inscription: in image, center right, black ink, in artist's hand: Steel Sept 8 inscription: in image, l.l., black ink, in artist's hand: 3/4 base; 6 11/32; 11 13/32 Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, gift; to the 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 1974.148 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. Descriptions Description Pinholes at all corners. Publication History Jeanne L. Wasserman, Six Sculptors and Their Drawings, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1971), no. 37 Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 309, p. 265, repr. Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 240, p. 349 Exhibition History Six Sculptors and Their Drawings, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/1971 - 06/07/1971 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
