id:			142662
accession number:	1966.385
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.385
updated:		2023-05-23 11:06:51.011000

Pilgrim, 1957. David Smith (American, 1906–1965). Steel; overall: 206.9 cm (81 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1966.385 ©  The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Pilgrim
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creation date:			1957
creation date earliest:		1957
creation date latest:		1957
current location:		227 Abstract Expressionism
creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			©  The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	steel
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* David Smith (American, 1906–1965)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 206.9 cm (81 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
	opening date:   1987-09-16T04:00:00
	<i>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).

	title:		The Fields of David Smith (Part II)
	opening date:   1998-05-01T00:00:00
	<i>The Fields of David Smith (Part II)</i>. Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (May 1-November 1, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1957:  "David Smith"<br>Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1958: "Sculpture 1950-1958," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, XV (Winter 1958), p. 83, illus.<br>Sao Paulo Biennial, 1959<br>Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1966: "David Smith, 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition," cat. #332, also to Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1967<br>CMA 1975: "Traditions and Revisions," cat. #118<br>Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA: Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986, December 6, 1986-June 10, 1987.<br>CMA 1987: "Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960," cat. #46, p. 135, repr.<br>Mountainville, NY: Storm King Art Center " The Fields of David Smith (Part II) 5/18 - 11/15/98; CMA mention p. 143.

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
The teenaged David Smith took a correspondence course in cartooning with the Cleveland School (now Institute) of Art.

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wall description:
A former automobile assembly line worker, Smith welded locomotives and tanks for a manufacturer during World War II. Perhaps not surprisingly, he adopted industrial materials and techniques throughout his career as a sculptor. Regarding his preferred medium, Smith stated, "The material called iron or steel I hold in high respect . . .The metal itself possesses little art history. What associations it possesses are those of this century: power, structure, movement, progress, suspension, destruction, brutality."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 201
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n225

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History &amp; Education, CMA, 1969.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n5

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 253
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n273

	Henning, Edward B. <em>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-</em>1960. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 135, no. 46
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