David Smith
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© Estate of David Smith/ Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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ArtistAmerican, 1906–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Date1954
PlaceUnited States
MediumBrush and black egg ink on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 17 5/8 × 22 5/8 in. (44.7 × 57.4 cm)
Mount: 19 5/8 × 24 5/8 in. (49.8 × 62.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sue Rowan Pittman
Object number91.1891
Not on view

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Provenance[Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston]; purchased by Sue Rowan Pittman, Houston, 1983-1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryExihibited: "Singular and Plural: Recent Accessions, Post-War Drawings and Prints," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 6 - August 8, 1992.

Exhibited: "D. Smith: The Drawings," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 4 December 1979 - 10 February 1980.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Stamped in black ink with blue ink inscription on verso, lower right corner: "ESTATE OF DAVID SMITH/ ACC. NO. 73-54.57"
Initialed (pencil inscribed into medium) in lower right corner: "DS (in Greek characters Delta Sigma) 1/5/54 MEM" and in top left corner, inverted: "DS" (Delta Sigma)

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