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Label Text Sueno, the Spanish word for dream, reflects Smith's long-time interest in the human body, which she looks at from the inside out. The figure in this print seems not to have skin, so that the viewer looks directly at musculature. Although much of Smith's work pertains to the specifics of male or female anatomy, this figure is genderless. The etching is black, with touches of red that add life to the figure. Smith was born in Nuremburg, Germany in 1954. She did not study art, but her father was an important American sculptor, Tony Smith, and she grew up in an art milieu. Smith lives in New York City and has been active in the arts since the 1970s, first as a painter and later branching into sculpture and all types of works on paper. Source: News, May June 1995.
Exhibition History"Body Personal: Louise Bourgeois and Kiki Smith," Des Moines Art Center, July 17 - Oct. 3, 1999

"Styles of the Times: The 1990's" Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 6, 1998 - Jan. 3, 1999

"From Body to Being: Reflections on the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
Published ReferencesAN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.264, color ill. p.265
DimensionsFrame: 44 3/8 × 79 5/8 × 2 in. (112.7 × 202.2 × 5.1 cm)
Sheet: 41 1/2 × 76 3/4 in. (105.4 × 194.9 cm)
Accession Number 1994.333
Classificationsprint
Edition31/33
Sueno
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Kiki Smith
1995
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Kiki Smith
1992
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Kiki Smith
1995
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Kiki Smith
1998
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Kiki Smith
2002
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert A. Smith
1961
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jack Orr Smith
1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1993
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
David Smith
1961
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Tony Smith
1961, fabricated 1989
Photo Credit: © Cameron Campbell 2009
Tony Smith
1962, fabricated 2005