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Woman in Subway

Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

David Smith, American, b. Decatur, Indiana, 1906–1965

Provenance

The artist
[Willard Gallery, New York]
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 April 1956-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

BUCHHOLZ GALLERY AND WILLARD GALLERY, New York. "The Sculpture of David Smith," 2-26 January 1946, no. 37 [as Woman in the Subway].

Published References

SMITH, DAVID (ESTATE OF). David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932–1965, vol. II: 1932-1953 (New York: The Estate of David Smith, 2021), no. 213, color ill. p. 243.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

1945

Accession Number

66.4623

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze on steel base

Dimensions

10 x 5 x 2 3/8 in. (25.4 x 12.6 x 5.9 cm) on steel artist's base: 3/4 X 4 X 3 7/8 IN. (1.7 x 10 x 9.6 cm) WT. 7 LB.(3.2 KG) INCL. BASE

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School

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py28f9d713c-0ce2-43d0-b360-dcaf25b59a70

Record ID

hmsg_66.4623

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