Don Quixote

1952

David Smith

Associated Names
David Smith

Artist, American, 1906 - 1965

The image features bold, thick black lines and swirling shapes spread across the canvas, intersecting and overlapping in various directions. The abstract artwork loosely suggests familiar objects through its forms, such as a star, a crescent shape, and forms resembling gears or cogs scattered throughout. The elements combine to create a complex network of lines reminiscent of mechanical components or natural forms like branches or vines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with hand coloring in blue gouache on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.2 x 60.3 cm (17 13/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 54.4 x 69 cm (21 7/16 x 27 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.403

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    state I

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 23, 1999; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no cat.

Bibliography

2002

  • Robison, Andrew. "Gift from Jacob Kainen." National Gallery of Art Bulletin, no. 28 (Fall 2002): 9-10, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and black ink: Don Quixote E27 stage 1 E14; lower right in pen and black ink: David Smith 1952

Wikidata ID

Q76338154

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