TONY SMITH (1912-1980)
Ten Elements
Details
TONY SMITH (1912-1980)
Ten Elements
painted aluminium, in ten parts
overall: dimensions variable
Conceived in 1975 and executed in 2004, this work is number three from an edition of three plus one artist proof
Ten Elements
painted aluminium, in ten parts
overall: dimensions variable
Conceived in 1975 and executed in 2004, this work is number three from an edition of three plus one artist proof
Provenance
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Literature
J. Russell, 'Art: Tony Smith, Sculptor-Humorist' in New York Times, 4 May 1979, C23.
H. Foster, 'Tony Smith', in Artforum, September 1979, vol. 18, no. 1, 1979 (illustrated in colour, p. 73).
R. Krauss, 'The Nasher Collection', in Artforum, May 1997, vol. 35, no. 9, 1997, p. 103.
Matthew Marks Gallery (ed.), Not an Object. Not a Monument., The Complete Large-Scale Sculpture of Tony Smith., Göttingen 2007, p. 93 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 86-87).
H. Foster, 'Tony Smith', in Artforum, September 1979, vol. 18, no. 1, 1979 (illustrated in colour, p. 73).
R. Krauss, 'The Nasher Collection', in Artforum, May 1997, vol. 35, no. 9, 1997, p. 103.
Matthew Marks Gallery (ed.), Not an Object. Not a Monument., The Complete Large-Scale Sculpture of Tony Smith., Göttingen 2007, p. 93 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 86-87).
Exhibition
New York, The Pace Gallery, Tony Smith: Ten Elements and Throwback, 1979, pp. 5, 8, 9 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 36-38).
Vancouver, Ace Gallery, Tony Smith: Ten Elements, 1980 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Venice, California, Ace Gallery.
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Tony Smith: Ten Elements, 1991 (another from the edition exhibited).
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, A Century of Modern Sculpture: The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection, 1987-1989, pp. 115, 118, 197, no. 86 (another from the edition installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 116-117). This exhibition later travelled to Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art; Madrid, Reina Sofia; Florence, Forte di Belvedere; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, A Century of Sculpture: The Nasher Collection, 1996-1997, pp. 47, 244, 333 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 246-247). This exhibition later travelled to New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Dallas, Nasher Sculpture Centre, In Pursuit of the Masters: Stories from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, 2008-2009 (another from the edition exhibited).
Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Formes Simples, 2014, p. 259 (three of ten elements exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 127).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Black Sun, 2015-2016.
Vancouver, Ace Gallery, Tony Smith: Ten Elements, 1980 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Venice, California, Ace Gallery.
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Tony Smith: Ten Elements, 1991 (another from the edition exhibited).
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, A Century of Modern Sculpture: The Patsy and Raymond Nasher Collection, 1987-1989, pp. 115, 118, 197, no. 86 (another from the edition installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 116-117). This exhibition later travelled to Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art; Madrid, Reina Sofia; Florence, Forte di Belvedere; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, A Century of Sculpture: The Nasher Collection, 1996-1997, pp. 47, 244, 333 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 246-247). This exhibition later travelled to New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Dallas, Nasher Sculpture Centre, In Pursuit of the Masters: Stories from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, 2008-2009 (another from the edition exhibited).
Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Formes Simples, 2014, p. 259 (three of ten elements exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 127).
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Black Sun, 2015-2016.
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