David Smith
Dida Gondola
1963
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David Smith
Dida Gondola
1963
Physical Qualities
Painted steel, 68 x 58 x 17 7/8 in. (172.7 x 147.3 x 45.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1990.9
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1990; Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, by purchase 1989; from government bankruptcy sale; Mansion House Center, St. Louis; Marlborough Gallery, NY; from the artist
Rosalind E. Krauss, "The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné," New York & London: Garland Publishings, Inc., 1977, p. 93, cat. 513, ill.
E. A. Carmean, Jr., "David Smith," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1982, p. 179, ill. [work shown on dolly in Smith's painting studio at Bolton Landing].
Inscribed: Base: LL, "Dida" in script; LR, "Gondola" VERSO: LL "David Smith" in script; LR "July 30 1964"
