Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

The File

1938

Lawrence Beall Smith

Associated Names

Lawrence Beall Smith

Artist, American, 1909 - 1995

The image shows a man examining the contents of a box filled with files or cards on a table. He has a long, narrow face with pronounced eyebrows, slightly parted lips, and short, dark hair combed to one side. The man is wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt. There are stacked books on the table and large, vertical columns in the background with silhouetted figures in the distance.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

Image:273 x 234
Sheet: 404 x 301
Accession Number

2008.115.518

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

In pencil, lower left: Ed. 50; lower center: "The File"; lower right, Lawrence Beall Smith '38

Wikidata ID

Q76440940

You may be interested in