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Cubi XII is an abstract sculpture by David Smith. [1] Constructed of stainless steel, completed on April 7 1963, it was purchased from his estate by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1968. [2] [3] [4] It is a part of the Cubi series. [5] He used the shiny finish to contrast with the landscape.
The artist died in a car accident on May 23, 1965, soon after the completion of Cubi XXVIII, which may or may not have been the last sculpture he intended to create in this series. The Cubis are among Smith's final experiments in his progression toward a more simplified, abstract form of expression.
Roland David Smith was born on March 9, 1906, in Decatur, Indiana and moved to Paulding, Ohio in 1921, where he attended high school. His mother was a school teacher and a devout Methodist; his father was a telephone engineer and part-time inventor, who fostered a reverence for machinery in Smith.
Cubi XI is an abstract sculpture by David Smith. It is a part of the Cubi series of sculptures. Constructed in 1963, it was installed on April 21, 1964, at 1875 Connecticut Avenue , N.W. near Sheridan Circle .
The 20-foot sculpture, made from tambourines, was inspired by "Florida Storm," a 1928 hymn written by Judge Jackson, as well as accounts of the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane referenced in Zora Neale ...
Cubi XXVI is an abstract sculpture by David Smith, in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., US. [1] Constructed of stainless steel on January 12, 1965, it was purchased in 1978. [2] It was on loan to the White House. [3] [4] The sculpture is a part of Smith's Cubi series.
This exhibit was a critical and media success as reported in Time [3] and Newsweek, [4] presenting the public with a show dedicated to a "New Art". Critical labels for the art included "ABC art," "reductive art" and "Minimalism," [5] though these labels were all roundly rejected by the artists themselves, notably Donald Judd.
Voltri XV is an abstract sculpture by David Smith. It is part of the Voltri series created in May through June 1962 in Italy. [1] He worked at an abandoned steel factory, where he welded scrap steel. With assistants, he produced Twenty Six sculptures in thirty days. [2]