Study for "Terpsichore and Euterpe"

Smith, David (1906-1965)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1947
Height:
51.2 cm  (20 3/16 in.)
Width:
67.0 cm  (26 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
black ink and purple fiber-tip ink on cream wove paper, darkened
Place of creation:
United States

Description

Terpsichore and Euterpe represented in repetitions of abstract sketches of a dancer and a musician playing a grand piano. The sculpture for which these preparatory sketches were created is RIdIM item 5839.

Iconclass

92D422
Euterpe (one of the Muses); 'Euterpe' (Ripa)
92D425
Terpsichore (one of the Muses); 'Terpsichore' (Ripa)
43C91
one person dancing alone
48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument
48C73331
grand piano

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Grand pianoforte [2284]

RIdIM images


© 2020 The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Signed: black ink, u.r.: David / Smith 1947
inscription: u.r., black ink, in artist's hand: For BC Fab.
inscription: back of frame (now missing): David Smith / Working drawing for "Terpsichore & Euterpe" (coll: L.O.) / Coll: Lois Orswell / Pomfret, Conn. [see notation in curatorial file]

RIdIM record id

5840