© Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA, NY
Currently not on view
Cubi XIII,
1963
David Smith, 1906–1965, born Decator, IN; died South Shaftsbury, VT; active Bolton Landing, NY
y1969-19
Cubi XIII is part of David Smith's final and most famed series of sculptures. Smith polished the stainless steel so that it would reflect the changing colors of its surroundings, especially when placed outdoors, among trees. Although the burnished surface is constructed of basic geometric shapes, it also reveals a painter's sensibility.
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Information
Title
Cubi XIII
Dates
1963
Maker
Medium
Stainless steel
Dimensions
289.6 × 208.6 × 55.2 cm, 1800 lb. (114 × 82 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
base: 7.6 × 60.3 × 55.2 cm (3 × 23 3/4 × 21 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University
Object Number
y1969-19
Signatures
On base: Cubi XIII David Smith Mar-25 1963
Culture
Type
Materials
Estate of the artist. Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, NY; purchased by Princeton University, February 18, 1969.
- Edward Fry, David Smith (New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969), cat. no. 94
- Patricia Elsen and Catherine C. Brawer, "College museum notes", Art journal 30, no. 1 (Autumn, 1970): pp. 54-58+60+62+64+66+68+70+72+74+76-81), p. 56 (illus.)
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Sanford C. Reynolds, Jr., John N. Brooks, Jr., Edmund L. Keeley, James M. Markham, and John A. McPhee, the editorial board, "The Putnam sculpture: 20th Century masterpieces give dramatic perspectives to Princeton's familiar vistas", Princeton alumni weekly 70 (Jan. 27, 1970): p. 1214
, 14 - Patrick Joseph Kelleher, Living with Modern Sculpture: the John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1982)., p. 112-115 (illus.)
- Kay Wagenknecht-Harte, Site + Sculpture: The Collaborative Design Process (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989), fig. 5.02
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
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Candida N. Smith, Irving Sandler, and Jerry L. Thompson, The Fields of David Smith (Storm King Art Center; London: Thames & Hudson, 1999)
, p. 126 (illus.) - John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 335, checklist no. 763 (illus.)
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., p. 8-9 (illus.)
