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David Smith

American, 1906-1965

Cubi XVI

Cubi XVI

Cubi XVI, 1963

stainless steel

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

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

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

1968:3

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

Object Classifications:

Sculpture

Construction (sculpture)

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