Object Details
- Provenance
- Marlborough Galleria D'Arte, Rome, to 13 October 1965
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 13 October 1965-17 May 1966
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Exhibition History
- FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI, Spoleto, Italy. "Sculture nella città," Summer 1962.
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 777, ill. p. 525.
- THE WHITE HOUSE (organized by the National Gallery of Art), Washington, DC. "Sculpture from Washington Collections," 4 October 1996-30 September 1997, brochure, ill.
- 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. [did not tour]
- Published References
- LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), ill. p. 525.
- KRAUSS, ROSALIND. The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: Garland, 1977), no. 572, p. 103; fig. 572.
- SILVER, KENNETH E. "The Colossus of Bolton Landing," Art in America (October 2006), ill. 158, p. 153-162, 209-210.
- GIMENEZ, CARMEN. David Smith: A Centennial (New York: S. R. Guggenheim Museum, 2006), ill. p. 16.
- SMITH, DAVID (ESTATE OF). David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932–1965, vol. III: 1954-1965 (New York: The Estate of David Smith, 2021), no. 649, ill. pp. 322, 323 (color).
- Data Source
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Artist
- David Smith, American, b. Decatur, Indiana, 1906–1965
- Date
- (1962)
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Medium
- Steel
- Dimensions
- 89 7/8 × 77 1/4 × 22 5/8 in., 345 lb. (228.3 × 196.2 × 57.5 cm, 156.5 kg) base: 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (1.9 × 57.2 cm)
- Type
- Sculpture
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