David Smith

American, 1906 - 1965

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David Smith, Cubi XXVI, 1965, stainless steel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.14.1

Cubi XXVI

David Smith · 1965 · stainless steel ·  Accession ID  1978.14.1

David Smith, Untitled, 1964, enamel on canvas, Gift of Candida and Rebecca Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.56.1

Untitled

David Smith · 1964 · enamel on canvas ·  Accession ID  1991.56.1

David Smith, Untitled, 1963, enamel spray paint on wove paper, Gift of Candida and Rebecca Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.56.7

Untitled

David Smith · 1963 · enamel spray paint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1991.56.7

Made with sheets of painted steel, a red ring stands upright on a narrow black base in this freestanding sculpture. A black strip and a white strip are affixed to the edges of the ring. An inward-facing cup-shaped lip at the bottom right side of the circle is lined with black along the inner edge and painted white where it encloses space on the otherwise red ring. The black rectangular strip, which would be about the same height as the ring if stood alongside it, is affixed to the left center of the face of the ring almost vertically. The longer white strip is affixed to the back side of the ring and angles from near the top of the black strip down and to the right. The sculpture is photographed near a wall clad with pale pinkish-gray marble and a similarly colored floor.
David Smith, Circle II, 1962, painted steel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1977.60.2

Circle II

David Smith · 1962 · painted steel ·  Accession ID  1977.60.2

David Smith, Circle III, 1962, painted steel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1977.60.3

Circle III

David Smith · 1962 · painted steel ·  Accession ID  1977.60.3

Made with sheets of painted steel, an orange ring stands upright on a narrow white base in this freestanding sculpture. A black strip and a gray strip are affixed to the edges of the ring. The black strip is horizontal across the top of the circle, attached to the back side of the ring, and the narrower but longer gray strip is angled across the top right quarter of the circle. The sculpture is photographed near a wall clad with pale pinkish-gray marble and a similarly colored floor.
David Smith, Circle I, 1962, painted steel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1977.60.1

Circle I

David Smith · 1962 · painted steel ·  Accession ID  1977.60.1

David Smith, Untitled, 1962, enamel spray paint on wove paper, Gift of Candida and Rebecca Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.56.8

Untitled

David Smith · 1962 · enamel spray paint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1991.56.8

This iron, freestanding sculpture consists of two wheels connected by an upward curving axle, an abstract, carriage-like structure, and five wavy lines standing upright along the top. The wheels each have six spokes and thin rims. In this photograph, the upside-down, U-shaped axle is bolted to the left end of a horizontal strip of iron, which ends to the right with an oval loop. That end of the strip is supported by a tall, narrow, wedge-shaped piece of iron. Five thin iron strips are spaced evenly across the horizontal bar. The top edges are rounded, and they curve in shallow, angular S shapes. The sculpture stands on a pale pink, polished marble floor against a wall with textured gray marble blocks. The scale of the space shows that the sculpture is at least as tall as an average person.
David Smith, Voltri VII, 1962, iron, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1977.60.4

Voltri VII

David Smith · 1962 · iron ·  Accession ID  1977.60.4

David Smith, Untitled (9/3/59), 1959, brush and black ink on wove paper, Gift of Candida and Rebecca Smith, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.56.4

Untitled (9/3/59)

David Smith · 1959 · brush and black ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1991.56.4

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Untitled

David Smith · 1959 · oil, torn and cut-and-pasted paper, and printed ribbon on cardboard ·  Accession ID  2020.169.13