Cubi

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Cubi is a series of stainless steel sculptures, comprising of cubes, rectagular prisms, and the like. This series was the last project of David Smith, American Contemporary Sculptor. This series comprises 28 sculptures. However, David Smith was killed unexpectedly in a car crash soon after the completion of the last sculpture (titled Cubi XXVIII.)

[edit] Cubi XXVIII

Cubi XXVIII, executed in 1965, is the name given to a large metal sculpture created by David Smith. Formerly housed at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, on November 9, 2005, the sculpute became the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction, selling for $23.8 million at Sotheby's New York auction house to art dealer Larry Gagosian who was acting on behalf of billionaire art collector Eli Broad. "This exceedingly rare work was the pinnacle of a four-decade career," said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art and the auctioneer for the evening.

[edit] External links

• Cubi XX at the UCLA Hammer Museum
• Cubi XXVII at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum