Cubi XII

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Cubi XII
Artist David Smith
Year 1963
Type sculpture
Dimensions 278.1 cm × 120 cm × 66 cm (109 1⁄2 in × 49 in × 26 in)
Location Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′18″N 77°01′23″W / 38.888333°N 77.023056°W / 38.888333; -77.023056
Owner Hirshhorn Museum

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 circular grind marks change in varying lighting conditions.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Cubi XII, (sculpture)", SIRIS
  2. ↑ http://hirshhorn.si.edu/visit/collection_object.asp?key=32&subkey=12663
  3. ↑ http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search.asp?tags=scrabbil
  4. ↑ http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/david-smith-1906-1965-1-c-y45ubhprib
  5. ↑ http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/sculpture/artcritic/text/text.cfm?artWorkID=49
  6. ↑ A Garden for Art, Valerie J. Fletcher, LOC # 97-61991, p.82
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