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David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy

October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012

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Work from the exhibition

David Smith (1906–1965), 17 h’s, 1950. Painted steel, 44 ½ x 29 × 12 ½ inches (113 × 73.7 × 31.8 cm). The Estate of David Smith. © The Estate of David Smith/VAGA, New York. Photograph by David Heald; courtesy The Estate of David Smith

David Smith (1906–1965), Tanktotem IX, 1960. Painted steel, 90 × 33 × 24 1/8 inches (214.6 × 94 × 35.9 cm). Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, gift of the Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. © The Estate of David Smith/VAGA, New York. Photograph by David Heald; courtesy The Estate of David Smith

David Smith (1906–1965), Lectern Sentinel, 1961. Stainless steel, 101 3/4 × 33 × 20 1/2 inches (258.5 × 83.8 × 52.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 62.15. © The Estate of David Smith/VAGA, New York

David Smith (1906–1965), Blue Construction, 1938. Sheet steel with baked-enamel finish, 36 ¼ x 28 ½ x 30 in. (92.1 × 72.4 × 76.2 cm). The Estate of David Smith; courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photograph courtesy The Estate of David Smith

David Smith (1906–1965), Cubi I, 1963. Stainless steel, 124 × 34 ½ x 33 ½ in. (315 × 87.6 × 85.1 cm). Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Special Purchase Fund. © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photograph © Detroit Institute of Arts/licensed by The Bridgeman Art Library

David Smith (1906–1965), The Hero, 1951–1952. Painted steel, 73 ¾ x 25 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (187.2 × 64.8 × 29.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund. © The Estate of David Smith/VAGA, New York. Photograph courtesy Brooklyn Museum of Art

Installation photography

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Installation view of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012). © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photography by Jerry L. Thompson

Installation view of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012). © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photography by Jerry L. Thompson

Installation view of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012). © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photography by Jerry L. Thompson

Installation view of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012). © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photography by Jerry L. Thompson

Installation view of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012). © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photography by Jerry L. Thompson

Installation view of David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 6, 2011–January 8, 2012). © The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y. Photography by Jerry L. Thompson

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