Artist Monograph

David Smith, American

American, 1906–1965

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	10	41.7%
Lithography	6	25%
Etching	2	8.3%
Gouache	2	8.3%
Sculpture	2	8.3%
Watercolor	1	4.2%
Oil Painting	1	4.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	10	41.7%
Drawings & Prints	10	41.7%
Architecture & Design	4	16.7%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 9
Print — 6
Drawing — 4
Design — 4
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	10%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	50%
Large (1–3 m)	7	35%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	5%

Range: 15.5 cm → 308.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	1
1952	2
1954	2
1956	1
1957	3
1968	1
1970	1
1975	2
1976	2
1980	1
1984	1
1986	1
1989	2
1995	1
1998	1
2010	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 500" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Head Sculpture Acc. 110.1943	1938	Cast iron and steel	19 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 7 1/2" (50.2 x 24.5 x 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 20.41 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Charles E. Merrill
Fireplace Set Design Acc. 137.1952.1-4	1939	Handforged iron	.1a-b andirons (each): 18 7/8 x 15 1/4 x 10 1/4" (48 x 38.7 x 25.9 cm) .2 tongs: 24 1/4 x 7 1/4" (62.9 x 18.5 cm) .3 poker 24 3/4 x 5 1/2" (60.4 x 14.1 cm) .4 wall panel: 31 x 17" (43.2 x 78.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 38.70 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Medal for Dishonor: Death by Gas Sculpture Acc. 267.1957	1939-40	Bronze	10 3/8 × 11 3/8 × 1 1/4" (26.4 × 28.9 × 3.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 28.90 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Horse and Rider Print Acc. 340.1986	1941	Etching	plate: 4 3/16 × 6 1/8" (10.6 × 15.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 6 5/16 × 10 1/16" (16 × 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Fund
Women in War Print Acc. 52.1995	1941	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8" (17.5 x 22.6cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 12 1/8" (25 x 30.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest (by exchange)
Twenty-Four Greek Y's Sculpture Acc. 294.1956	1950	Painted steel	42 3/4 x 29 1/8 x 6" (108.6 x 73.9 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Australia Sculpture Acc. 1533.1968	1951	Painted steel on cinder-block base	6' 7 1/2" x 8' 11 7/8" x 16 1/8" (202 x 274 x 41 cm), on cinder block base 17 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 15 1/4" (44.5 x 42.5 x 38.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 165.56 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of William Rubin
A Letter Print Acc. 459.1988	1952	Lithograph	composition: 16 15/16 x 23 3/8" (43.1 x 59.4 cm); sheet: 20 1/4 x 26" (51 x 66.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Don Quixote, state I Print Acc. 109.2010	1952	Lithograph with hand additions	composition (irreg.): 18 3/8 x 25" (46.7 x 63.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 22 5/8 x 28 1/2" (57.4 x 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Stephen F. Dull Fund
Exhibition, Sculpture Design Acc. 168.1952	1952	Poster	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
Untitled Print Acc. 110.2010	1952	Lithograph with hand additions	composition: 23 1/4 x 16 7/8" (59 x 42.8 cm); sheet: 26 x 20 11/16" (66 x 52.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Shapiro-Silverberg Fund
Untitled 10/14/52 Drawing Acc. 476.1980	1952	Watercolor and gouache on paper	15 3/4 x 20 1/2" (40.0 x 50.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sara Mazo
Untitled (Tank Totems) Drawing Acc. 255.1976	1953	Ink and gouache on paper	29 3/4 x 42 3/8" (75.6 x 107.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alexis Gregory
Composition Print Acc. 566.1976	1954	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 8 9/16 x 22 3/4" (21.8 x 57.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 9 5/16 x 25 5/16" (23.7 x 64.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Exhibition, Willard Gallery Design Acc. 541.1954.1	1954	Lithograph	20 1/2 × 15 1/4" (52.1 × 38.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Willard Gallery
Exhibition, Willard Gallery Design Acc. 541.1954.2	1954	Lithograph	20 1/2 × 15 3/4" (52.1 × 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Willard Gallery
Chicago Circle Sculpture Acc. 268.1957	1955-56	Bronze	11 (27.9 cm) in diameter x 3/4" (1.9 cm) in depth ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 27.90 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Untitled 5/28/55 Drawing Acc. 331.1989	1955	Oil crayon on paper	29 3/4 x 42 3/8" (75 x 107.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara G. Pine in memory of Morris Goldman
History of LeRoy Borton Sculpture Acc. 159.1957	February 17, 1956	Painted steel and found metal elements	7' 4 1/4" x 26 3/4" x 24 1/2" (224.1 x 67.9 x 62.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Untitled 13/3/59 Drawing Acc. 369.1975	1959	Ink and gouache on paper	40 x 26 5/8" (101.4 x 67.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Sentinel Sculpture Acc. 531.1998	December 7, 1961	Stainless steel	9' x 21" x 24" (274.3 x 53.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 508.03 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Fractional and promised gift of Leon and Debra Black
Untitled Painting Acc. 416.1975	1962	Enamel on canvas	15 1/2 x 16 1/8" (39.4 x 40.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Cubi X Sculpture Acc. 717.1968	1963	Stainless steel	10' 1 3/8" x 6' 6 3/4" x 24" (308.3 x 199.9 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 231.33 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Robert O. Lord Fund
Zig VII Sculpture Acc. 119.1984	July 22, 1963	Painted steel	8' 1/4" x 8' 3 1/2" x 7' 1 1/4" (244.5 x 252.7 x 216.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund (by exchange) and gift of Candida and Rebecca Smith