Construction
Date
(1937)/(executed 1962)
Artist
Max Bill, Swiss, b. Winterthur, 1908–1994
Provenance
Staempfli Gallery, New York, to 9 April 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 9 April 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
STAEMPFLI GALLERY, New York. "Max Bill," 19 March-13 April 1963, no. 17.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 463.
ANNMARIE SCULPTURE GARDEN, Solomon's Island, Maryland. February 2008-
Published References
JUDD, DONALD. "In the Galleries: Max Bill," Arts Magazine 37/9 (May 1963), p. 102, ill.
RICKEY, GEORGE. Constructivism: Origins and Evolution (New York: Braziller, 1967), p. 62, ill.
UNSIGNED. Max Bill (Hanover: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1968), p. 7.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 665, ill. p. 330.
QUINTAVALLE, ARTURO CARLO. Max Bill (Universita Comune Provincia di Parma, 1977), no. 63, ill. p. 107.
SELZ, PETER. Arts In Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890-1980 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981), no. 780, ill. pp. 298-299.
LIEBSON, MILT. Direct Stone Sculpture (Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub. 1991), ill. p. 56.
ATKINS, ROBERT. Art Spoke (New York: Abbeville Press, 1993), ill. p. 78.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.512
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Granite
Dimensions
39 x 31 1/4 x 31 1/4in. (99.1 x 79.4 x 79.4cm) base (stone): 19 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (49.5 x 20 cm)
