id:			162070
accession number:	2001.256
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.256
updated:		2025-03-08 13:06:03.533000

Source, 1967. Tony Smith (American, 1912–1980). Painted steel; overall: 335.2 x 899.1 x 1036.3 cm (131 15/16 x 354 x 408 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, 2001.256. © Estate of Tony Smith / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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creation date:			1967
creation date earliest:		1967
creation date latest:		1967
current location:		NG North Sculpture Garden
creditline:			Gift of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company
copyright:			© Estate of Tony Smith / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America
technique:	painted steel
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Tony Smith (American, 1912–1980)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 335.2 x 899.1 x 1036.3 cm (131 15/16 x 354 x 408 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Artist's studio
	date: 1967–1977?
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	Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977?–2001
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2001–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lippard, Lucy R. <em>Tony Smith</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1972.
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	Storr, Robert, John Keenen, and Joan Pachner. <em>Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor.</em> New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998.
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	Voorhies, James, and Sarah Auld. <em>Tony Smith Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonn</em>é. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2024.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 312-313, no. 54.01
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	Arzuaga, Rachel and Edelstein, Beth. :Building and Grounds. Encounter the Grounds Anew: Interpretation and Conservation's Updated Outdoor Map.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 65, no. 1 (2025): 6-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 22.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2025-01

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