Portrait of My Initials, K.K.
<p>This spare drawing was made for Katharine Kuh, a pioneering modernist art historian and gallerist who became the Art Institute’s first female curator of European painting and sculpture in 1954.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1954
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- David Smith
Artist
Mixed Media
David Smith was an American artist and sculptor of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Smith is best known for his large, geometric sculptures formed from welded steel. As with other American Abstract Expressionists, including his friend, Jackson Pollock, Smith’s oeuvre was influenced by the Surrealist art movement.
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Record
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- David Smith
- Year
- 1954
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 29.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1954-131393
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified