Throwback (sculpture)

Throwback
Artist Tony Smith (sculptor)
Year 1979 (1979)
Type Aluminum
Dimensions 202.26 cm × 493.4 cm × 267.97 cm (79.63 in × 194.3 in × 105.50 in)
Location Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., United States
Owner Smithsonian Institution

Throwback is a public artwork by American artist Tony Smith, located at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., United States.[1] The sculpture also resides in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and is currently on display in their rooftop sculpture garden.[2]

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Description

This painted aluminum abstract work is signature of Tony Smith's style - painted black it features tetrahedrons and octahedrons assembled end to end.[1]

Gallery

Artist

Main article: Tony Smith (sculptor)

Hirshhorn Museum

The piece was a museum purchase in 1980.[3]

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

"Throwback" was acquired in 1980 by SFMOMA with purchase funds from the William L. Gerstle Collection.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Smithsonian (1996). "Throwback, (sculpture).". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!373071~!0#focus. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b San Francisco Museum of Art (2010). "Tony Smith". Our Collection. SFMOMA. http://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/282. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Tony Smith". Collection Search. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 2010. http://hirshhorn.si.edu/visit/collection_object.asp?key=32&subkey=12688. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 

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