''Cubi XII'' is an abstract sculpture by
David Smith.
Constructed of stainless steel, completed on April 7 1963, it was purchased from his estate by the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was des ...
in 1968.
It is a part of the ''
Cubi
The ''Cubi'' series is a group of stainless steel sculptures built from cubes, rectangular solids and cylinders with spheroidal or flat endcaps. These pieces are among the last works completed by the sculptor David Smith. The artist died in a car ...
'' series.
He used the shiny finish to contrast with the landscape. The circular grind marks change in varying lighting conditions.
[''A Garden for Art'', Valerie J. Fletcher, LOC # 97-61991, p.82]
See also
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List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
This is a list of public art in Ward 2 of Washington, D.C..
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
Most of the works mentioned ...
References
1963 sculptures
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Modernist sculpture
Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Sculptures by David Smith
Sculptures of the Smithsonian Institution
Steel sculptures in Washington, D.C.
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