The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Don Quixote
1952
(American, 1906–1965)
Sheet: 52.8 x 67.4 cm (20 13/16 x 26 9/16 in.); Image: 37.5 x 60.1 cm (14 3/4 x 23 11/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.177
© The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Catalogue raisonné: Schwartz 30
Location: not on view
Description
Smith composed only seven lithographs in the early 1950s, all printed in small editions, indicating that he made prints simply to experiment with the media rather than for any commercial purpose. The prints are technically unsophisticated, yet their spontaneity and expressiveness makes them appealing. This impression of the first state of Don Quixote (only about 14 impressions were printed) was colored with blue gouache by Smith to accentuate the lively three-dimensional quality of the image. Don Quixote, written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605 to satirize contemporary chivalric romances, recounts the adventures of Don Quixote who, inflamed by romantic novels, fantasizes that he is a knight errant but is sadly forced to face reality.- Cleveland Museum of Art, “Mrs. Paul Wurzburger Donates Major Calder Mobile to Cleveland Museum of Art, Korean Painting, Japanese Ceramic, Italian Drawing and other Works Acquired” September 8, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
- From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
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