David Smith

Untitled
1954

Abstract black brush strokes and shapes on a white background, suggesting a dynamic and fluid scene with possible figures or forms in motion, created in a style reminiscent of ink wash painting or calligraphy.
Abstract black brush strokes and shapes on a white background, suggesting a dynamic and fluid scene with possible figures or forms in motion, created in a style reminiscent of ink wash painting or calligraphy.

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Date
1954

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 26in. (25.4 × 66 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 22 3/4in. (21.6 × 57.8 cm)

Accession number
86.46

Edition
Ed. 20 | Second state

Publication
Printed by Reginald Neal; published by University of Mississippi

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Purchase Fund and the Print Purchase Fund

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

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David Smith
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