Untitled

David Smith, Untitled, ca. 1951, ink and tempera on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.104
Copied David Smith, Untitled, ca. 1951, ink and tempera on paper, sheet: 18 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄4 in. (46.3 x 59.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.104

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
ca. 1951
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 18 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄4 in. (46.3 x 59.0 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
ink and tempera on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1979.104
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1979.104

Artwork Description

Smith made drawings throughout his career, often as studies for sculpture, but occasionally as independent works of art. In this simply rendered landscape, abstract lines suggest organic forms and lively motion, like birds in flight and trees swaying in the wind. The touches of blue tempera enliven the lines and declare this drawing to be one of his intentionally finished pieces.

Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2009