A Letter
1952
Artist, American, 1906 - 1965
Printer, American, 1905 - 1957

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 50.96 × 66.04 cm (20 1/16 × 26 in.)
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Accession
2006.57.33
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2006.
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
lower left in ink: David Smith E13; lower right in graphite: 8/1952
Watermarks
Basingwerk Parchment
Wikidata ID
Q76338156