Harvard Art Museums > 1974.143: Untitled 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 (David Smith) , 1974.143,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309114. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1974.143 People David Smith, American (Decatur, IN 1906 - 1965 Bennington, VT) Title Untitled Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1953 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309114 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink on tan Japanese paper Dimensions actual: 63.7 x 91.3 cm (25 1/16 x 35 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.l.: [delta sigma, for D.S.] 2/9/53 inscription: old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, typed and handwritten: [typed:] I was not acquainted with David Smith when I purchased this drawing but he knew to whom it was sold and never forgot nor omitted to mention that it was the one item sold from the last show he had at Willard Gallery. As I remember the top price for sculptures was $7000.00 and every one was horrified!..... / [handwritten in blue ball-point ink:] L.O- Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, through the [Willard Gallery, New York, New York], 1957, 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 1974.143 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 Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 243, p. 352 as fig. 174, pp. 217 note 3, 349, 377 Richard Mulholland, "Of Dreams and Visions and Things Not Known: Looking at David Smith's Drawing Media" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2003), Unpublished, pp. 1-43 passim Exhibition History David Smith: "This work is my identity", Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/1995 - 05/05/1996 Lois Orswell,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 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
