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Study for "Triconstruction;" verso: Totems | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

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Study for "Triconstruction;" verso: Totems

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Study for "Triconstruction;" verso: Totems

c. 1941

Artists

David SmithArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and purple watercolor, with touches of white gouache, on off-white wove paper; verso: black ink and graphite

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.3 x 18.3 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

David Smith, Bolton Landing, New York, gift; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1961, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1966. NOTE: See correspondence from Mrs. Orswell in curatorial file for 1966.16: "Some time ago, David gave me the sketches saying they were early ones and would I give them to the Fogg "some time."... I think my name should not be used for the purposes of labels etc., and that they should be "gift of David Smith"."

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