Voltri XV

Voltri XV is an abstract sculpture by David Smith.

Voltri XV

It is part of the Voltri series created in May through June 1962 in Italy.[1] He worked at an abandoned steel factory, where he welded scrap steel. With assistants, he produced Twenty Six sculptures in thirty days.[2]

It showed at Spoleto, Italy,[3] the White House,[4] and the Guggenheim Museum,[5] and is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.[6]

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References
  1. http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4489916
  2. A Garden for Art, Valerie J. Fletcher, LOC # 97-61991, p.82
  3. http://www.davidsmithestate.org/Candida%20Fields%20Photos/9862.008_lg_cr.html
  4. http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag98/1lady/sm-1lady.shtml
  5. http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/robinson/robinson2-7-06_detail.asp?picnum=4
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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