id:			153217
accession number:	1986.19
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.19
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:59.035000

Untitled (Cubi Study), 1962. David Smith (American, 1906–1965). Blue and black spray paint on heavy weight wove paper; sheet: 50.5 x 66.2 cm (19 7/8 x 26 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1986.19 ©  The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Untitled (Cubi Study)
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creation date:			1962
creation date earliest:		1962
creation date latest:		1962
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			©  The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	blue and black spray paint on heavy weight wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Sheet: 50.5 x 66.2 cm (19 7/8 x 26 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	On verso: estate of david smith / acc. no. 73 62.208 [stamped in black ink, numbers written in ballpoint pen]; upper center, in graphite: T; lower right, in graphite, 2 / 26
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

	title:		Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors
	opening date:   1995-11-22T05:00:00
	<i>Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

	title:		Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-08-27T00:00:00
	<i>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "<em>David Smith: Sprays from Bolton Landing</em>. Anthony d'Offay, London (July 3 - August 24, 1985).", 'opening_date': '1985-07-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>David Smith: Zeichnungen</em>. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Graphische Sammlung (January - February 29, 1976); Nationalgalerie Berlin Staatliche Museen Preussen Kulturbesitz (March 16 - May 2, 1976); Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg.', 'opening_date': '1976-03-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of the artist (the artist's daughters Candida and Rebecca Smith)
	date: 1965-?
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	(Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1986-
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CITATIONS

	<em>David Smith: Zeichnungen</em>. Exh. Cat. Stuttgart: Staatsgalerie, 1976.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 6-7, 25, no. 65; Reproduced: p. 25
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	Ameringer, Will. <em>David Smith: Sprays from Bolton Landing</em>. Exh. Cat. London: Anthony d'Offay, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: no. 47
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	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1986." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38-79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 73; Reproduced: p. 71
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	DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 9, pp. 276-277, 298; Reproduced: p. 277
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	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 121, no. 101
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