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©2012 Estate of Tony Smith / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

1962-1966
64 x 64 x 128 in. (162.6 x 162.6 x 325.1 cm)

Tony Smith
United States (South Orange, NJ, 1912 - 1980, New York, NY)

Object Type: Sculpture

Medium and Support: Mild steel

Credit Line: Gift of the artist and Marion Stratton Gould Fund

Accession Number: 1970.57

Location: Currently on view

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Edition: 1/3

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., New York (dealers); purchased from them by the Gallery, with help from the artist, in 1970

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20th century

1900-2000

sculpture

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Article Title: Acquisition. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 36, Issue Number: 4. Issue Date: December 1970.
Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
Tony Smith: Paintings and Sculpture 1960-65. New York, NY: Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2001.
Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press
Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Robert Storr. Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1998.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Lucy Lippard. Tony Smith. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1972.
Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
Tony Smith: 14 de Marzo - 19 de Mayo de 2002. Valencia, Spain: IVAM-ALDEASA, 2002.
Article Scope: Discussion and reproduction. Dr. Claudine Humblet. L'Art Minimal: ou une aventure structurelle aux multiples visages. Milan, Italy: Skira, 2008.

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