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Cubi XVI

© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

David Smith

American, 1906-1965

Cubi XVI, 1963

stainless steel

overall: 132 x 60 x 33 inches (335.28 x 152.4 x 83.82 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Gift of The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc., 1968

1968:3

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Inscriptions

signature, dated / base / David Smith 11-4-63 Cubi XVI

Provenance

May 1964-May 1967, on loan from the artist (and then his estate) to the Museum of Modern Art, New York;
from the estate of the artist to Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York;
February 16, 1968, purchased from Marlborough-Gerson Gallery by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Class

Sculpture

Work Type

Construction (sculpture)

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