Ten Arcs, One Ring

Date1957-59

Artist David Smith (American, 1906-1965)

CultureAmerican

MediumBronze with green patina

DimensionsW/O Base: 28 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 12 in. (72.39 x 59.69 x 30.48 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Virginia Herrick Deknatel, class of 1929

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Sculpture

Signedsigned three times, dated 5.22.58

BibliographyCoates, Robert M. "The Art Galleries: A Sculptor and Two Painters." New Yorker 36, no. 3 (March 5, 1960), pp. 128, 130. Cone, Jane Harrison, et al. David Smith 1906–1965. A Retrospective Exhibition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard College, 1966, handlist no. 356: p. 77. Herrera, Hayden. "David Smith: 'Robustly Physical, Unabashedly Lyrical.'" Art News (New York) 73, no. 10 (December 1974), p. 48. Michaelsen, Katherine Janszky. "The One Rule Is That There May Be No Rules." Arts Magazine 49, no. 2 (October 1974), illus. p. 55. Krauss, Rosalind E. The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977, no. 450: p. 84, illus. n.p. (fig. 450). A Taste for the Modern: Gifts from Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, Edna Bryner Schwab, and Virginia Herrick Deknatel. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2011, color illus. p. 34. Lyon, Christopher, ed. and Susan J. Cooke, research ed. David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932–1965. New York: The Estate of David Smith, 2021, Vol. I: cit. pp. 162 n247, 363 (no. 515); Vol. III: no. 515, p. 157 (illus.), cit. p. 162.ProvenanceThe Artist
Estate of the Artist
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Mrs. Fred Deknatel (Virginia Herrick Deknatel), November 12, 1976
Bequest to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2009
Exhibition HistorySao Paulo, Brazil, Museu de Arte Moderna, V Sao Paulo Bienal, September 21 - December 31, 1959, no. 55
New York, French & Company, David Smith: Sculpture, February 17 - March 19, 1960, no. 6, illus.
New York, New School for Social Research, Mechanism and Organism, October 5–27, 1961, no. 45
New York, Knoedler Gallery, David Smith, October 5–26, 1974, no. 12, illus. n.p.
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Hundredth Anniversary Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by 100 Artists Associated with the Art Students League of New York, March 6–29, 1975, no. 86, illus. p. 213.

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