DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)

Untitled (Family)

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DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)
Untitled (Family)
lithograph, on wove paper, 1954, Schwartz's first state (of two), signed, annotated 'proof 8/7/54' and inscribed 'For R.N. with Marks' in ink, a proof aside from the unsigned edition of 20, printed by Reginald Neal, University of Mississippi, with full margins, in generally good condition
Image: 8 1/8 x 22 3/8 in. (206 x 568 mm.)
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 26 in. (251 x 660 mm.)

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Lot Essay

Schwartz notes: "In 1954 David Smith was a visiting artist at the University of Mississippi where printer Reginald Neal was chairman of the art department. Smith and Neal worked together making an edition of the first state of this lithograph, and afterwards Smith asked Neal to add some background tone to the image. Neal resensitized the stone and inked its surface with a roller. The "halos" which appear around Smith's calligraphic brushwork in the second state resulted from ink deposits left from the first state preventing the roller from hitting the stone. According to Neal, these "halos" pleased Smith very much. (Reginald Neal, interview, April 1985.)"

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