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Big Diamond
195228 1/8 x 27 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (71.4 x 70.2 x 22.5 cm)
David Smith
United States (Decatur, IN, 3/9/1906 - 5/23/1965, Bennington, VT)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Steel and paint
Credit Line:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery
Accession Number:
1975.300
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Marks
Artist's signature, back member: David Smith / 1952 / G2
Provenance
The artist; his estate; purchased from his estate [through Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York] by Charles Rand Penney Foundation, Olcott, NY, 1967; his gift to the Gallery in 1975
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Selections from the Permanent Collection Summer 1975
- Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
- Masterpieces for Rochester: Acquisitions Since 1975 11/24/1978 - 1/7/1979
- Modern Art in Rochester 7/18/1981 - 8/23/1981
- Newman's Gift: 50 Years of Photography International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House 7/8/1994 - 10/30/1994
- American Sculpture from the Permanent Collection 8/14/1995 - 2/15/1996
- David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy 10/6/2011 - 4/15/2012
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Junker, Patricia. Article Scope: Entry. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 218-219
- Article Title: Recent Acquisition: David Smith Drawing, Sculpture on View. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 46, Issue Number: 9. Issue Date: May 1981. Page Number: 2
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. The Charles Rand Penney Collection: Twentieth Century Art. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1983.
- Article Scope: Entry. Rosalind E. Krauss. The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York, New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977.
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Avis A. Townsend. The Collective Life of Charles Rand Penney. Portsmouth, NH: Back Channel Press, 2011.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Carol S. Eliel. David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011.
- Events. Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Christopher Lyon, ed. David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1932-1965. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021. Volume Number: 2
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Web Links
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Big Diamond on the floor of Smith's studio
View of the Bolton Landing workshop with sculptures. Original photograph by David Smith, c. 1953.
Modern Art: Who, What, and Why?
Materials accompanying a teacher inservice presentation at MAG Spring 2008
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