David Smith, American, b. Decatur, Indiana, 1906–1965 Search this
Medium:
Iron and paint
Dimensions:
10 × 30 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (25.1 × 78.4 × 29 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1936
Provenance:
Jh Purchased From Marlborough-gerson Gallery, New York 1967
Exhibition History:
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "David Smith: A Centennial," 3 February-14 May 2006, cat. Tour: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris, 14 June-11 September; TATE MODERN, London, 25 October-14 January 2007.
HAUSER & WIRTH, New York. "David Smith: Origins & Innovations," 13 November-23 December 2017, color il. p. 72.
Published References:
SILVER, KENNETH E. "The Colossus of Bolton Landing," Art in America (October 2006), ill. 154, p. 153-162, 209-210.
SHILKOFF, JACQUELINE. David Smith: Billiard Players (Purchase, New York: Neuberger Museum of Art, 2022), fig. 12 (color).
SMITH, DAVID (ESTATE OF). David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932–1965, vol. II: 1932-1953 (New York: The Estate of David Smith, 2021), no. 52, color ill. p. 48.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 120, p. 137.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
