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David Smith

A Letter, 1952

Not on View

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 50.96 × 66.04 cm (20 1/16 × 26 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2006.57.33

Artists / Makers

David Smith (artist) American, 1906 - 1965

Margaret Lowengrund (printer) American, 1905 - 1957

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Inscription

lower left in ink: David Smith E13; lower right in graphite: 8/1952

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Exhibition History

2008: Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 183.

2014: Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

2016: Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 114.

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