id:			159172
accession number:	1995.36
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.36
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:29.003000

Bather, 1940. David Smith (American, 1906–1965). Bronze; overall: 12.2 x 12.2 x 8 cm (4 13/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dorothy Dehner 1995.36 ©  The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Bather
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creation date:			1940
creation date earliest:		1940
creation date latest:		1940
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creditline:			Bequest of Dorothy Dehner
copyright:			©  The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	bronze
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: 12.2 x 12.2 x 8 cm (4 13/16 x 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Initialed and dated on base: "[artist's monogram] 40"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New Brunswick, NJ:  The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (January 15-March 4, 1984), Dorothy Dehner and David Smith:  Their Decades of Search and Fulfillment, fig. 11, cat. #41, p. 52, titled Bather (Lent by Dorothy Dehner, NY); also traveled to Skidmore College Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY (April 19-May 13, 1984)', 'opening_date': '1984-01-15T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Smith, David, and Christopher Lyon. David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1932-1965. 2021, v.2, 172
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 172, fig. 148.
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