Moondog
model 1964, fabricated 1998-1999
Sculptor, American, 1912 - 1980
Sculpture Garden, Southeast Quadrant
Artwork overview
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Medium
painted aluminum
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 521.3 x 468 x 467.4 cm (205 1/4 x 184 1/4 x 184 in.)
gross weight: 4200.000 lb
gross weight (each of three sections): 1400.000 lb -
Accession
1997.137.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Fabricated for NGA through (Paula Cooper Gallery, New York); purchased 22 December 1997 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2013
Cigola, Francesca. Art Parks: A Tour of America’s Sculpture Parks and Gardens. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2013: 101.
2021
May, Katherine. "Twenty Years of Repainting Tony Smith." Facture: conservation, science, art history 5 (2021): 146-173, fig. 1.
Inscriptions
lower inside panel of one "leg": T.SMITH / MOONDOG / 1964 / 3/3
Wikidata ID
Q63862084