Sold by Order of the TRUSTEES OF THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to benefit its aquisitions
DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)

Details
DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)

Ritual

inscribed with signature David Smith on a brass plaque affixed to the base--forged steel
9¾ x 10½ x 4in. (24.7 x 26.6 x 10.2cm.)

Executed circa 1943-1945
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Mary Tobey, Seattle
Harold Diamond, New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Literature
R. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1977, no. 124, fig. 156 (illustrated) (misidentified as Construction No. 35)
Exhibited
Willard Gallery, New York
Edmonton Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum; The Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Hamilton, and Art Gallery of Windsor, David Smith: The Formative Years, Jan. 1981-Jan. 1982
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Miro in America, April-June 1982
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Nashville, Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art; Vassar College Art Gallery; Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts, and New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, 1986-1987, no. 51, pp. 52, 59 (illustrated)