Details
Tony Smith (1912-1980)
Tau
signed, numbered and dated 'Tony Smith 1961/1968 1/5' (on the underside)
stainless steel
22 5/8 x 35 x 20 in. (57.4 x 88.9 x 50.8 cm)
Executed in 1961-1968. This work is number one from an edition of five.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Lot Essay

"I use angles that are derived from different solids. When they go together, they do not follow any internal system. I assemble them, you might say, in capricious ways rather than systematic ways. You have to take each plane as it comes and find out in what ways it will join other planes," (T. Smith, quoted in R. Storr, "A Man of Parts," Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor, New York, 1998, p. 27).

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