David Smith

Untitled
1946

An abstract painting featuring distorted human figures with exaggerated limbs and textures on a beige background. The figures are rendered in a mix of yellow, blue, and gray tones with visible brush strokes, and one figure appears to be wearing a textured hat or helmet. The artist's signature and date are in the top left corner.

An abstract painting featuring distorted human figures with exaggerated limbs and textures on a beige background. The figures are rendered in a mix of yellow, blue, and gray tones with visible brush strokes, and one figure appears to be wearing a textured hat or helmet. The artist's signature and date are in the top left corner.

Not on view

Date
1946

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Tempera on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 × 30in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)

Accession number
79.45

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation--Drawing Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/500

Exhibitions

Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955

Feb 1–May 25, 2002

David Smith
26 works in the collection

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