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Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

Mark di Suvero, American, b. Shanghai, China, 1933

Provenance

Park Place Gallery, New York, to 29 September 1967
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 29 September 1967-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Exhibition History

PARK PLACE GALLERY, New York. "Mark di Suvero," to 24 February 1966.
CITY ART MUSEUM OF SAINT LOUIS. "7 for 67: Works by Contemporary American Sculptors," 1 October-12 November 1967, no. 7, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 892, p. 580, p. 684.
MATTHEW MARKS GALLERY, New York. "a four dimensional being writes poetry on a field of sculpture," 25 June-14 August 2006.
BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, Austin. "Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York," 28 September 2008-18 January 2009, pl. 18, p. 61; pl. 36A, p. 89.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.

Published References

KRAMER, HILTON. "Di Suvero: Sculpture of Whitmanesque Scale," New York Times (30 January 1966): p. 25, ill.
ASHBERY, JOHN. "Reviews: Mark di Suvero and David Novros," Art News 65 (March 1966): p. 13.
HOENE, ANNE. "In the Galleries: Mark di Suvero, David Novros," Arts Magazine 40 (May 1966): p. 62.
ADRIAN, DENNIS. "New York: Mark di Suvero, David Novros," Art Forum 4 (April 1966): p. 48, ill.
ASHTON, DORE. "The Artist as Dissenter: New York Commentary," Studio International 171 (April 1966): p. 166, ill.
UNSIGNED. "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," Smithsonian Institution 1968 Annual Report (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1969): p. 220.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974): p. 684, fig. 892, p. 580.
ROSE, BARBARA. "On Mark di Suvero: Sculpture Outside Walls," Art Journal 35 (Winter 1975): p. 122.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Date

1963-1964

Accession Number

72.97

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Wood, steel, and paint

Dimensions

as installed: 157 x 132 x 115 in. (398.8 x 335.3 x 292.1 cm) [approx.]

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Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2114df7fb-15e6-41ed-88b3-6ad5bb0e9a1a

Record ID

hmsg_72.97

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