Composition; verso: Sketches of Plant Forms, a Bather and "Amusement Park"
1938
Artists
Dimensions
actual: 18.9 x 25.4 cm (7 7/16 x 10 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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