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
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
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)
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)