Smith’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Mourning Sampler
Made by members of the Smith and Humphreys families at Miss Field’s School Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mrs. Noah Smith and Family
Attributed to Ezra Ames American, 1768–1836 Copy after Ralph Earl American, 1751–1801
Untitled (Portrait of the Smith Family, New York)
Unknown maker American, 19th century
Chest
Attributed to the Valdés family (active 18th–19th centuries) New Mexico
Casket
Embriachi Workshop (Florence, Italy, c. 1370-1395 and Venice, Italy, 1395-c. 1420) Italian; Venice
Vessel (Ukhamba)
Magwaza family Zulu KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa
Blood Pool
Kiki Smith American, born Germany, 1954
Tanktotem I
David Smith American, 1906-1965
The Family Concert
Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626–1679)
Noah Smith
Ralph Earl American, 1751–1801
Barometer
Vulliamy London English, 18th-19th century
Desert Forms
Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915–1999)
Untitled
Virgin and Child with an Angel
Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444/45–1510)
Cubi VII
David Smith American, 1906–1965
Kiki (Smith)
Chuck Close American, 1940-2021
Dorothea and Francesca
Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942)
Beach Scene
Kesa
Japan