David Smith
Head with Cogs for Eyes
1933
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David Smith
Head with Cogs for Eyes
1933
Physical Qualities
Metal, cement, 14 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (37.5 x 16.5 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Ryda and Robert H. Levi Collection, Gift under the Will of Ryda H. Levi
Object Number
2009.194
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Estate of Ryda Levi; Collection Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Levi, Baltimore by purchase, 1973; Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Inc., NY by purchase, 1972; Private Collection by purchase, 1966; Marlborough Gallery, NY; Estate of David Smith; Collection of the artist.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, "David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition" September 28-November 15, 1966; traveled to Washington Gallery of Modern Art, January 7-February 26, 1967.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "David Smith," March 29-May 11, 1969 ; traveled to The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, June-September 1969, and The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., October-November 1969, Cat #5.
Oliver Shell, BMA, "Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture," July-February 2011.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, "David Smith," March 29-May 11, 1969 ; traveled to The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, June-September 1969, and The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., October-November 1969, Cat #5.
Oliver Shell, BMA, "Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture," July-February 2011.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
"Special David Smith Number," Arts, February 1960, p. 26, ill. (title given as "Head")
Jane Harrison Cone, ex. cat. "David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition," Cambridge, MA: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1966, Plate 1, p. 16.
Edward F. Fry, ex. cat., "David Smith," New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969, p. 23, fig. 5, ill.
Hilton Kramer, "A Critic Calls David Smith 'Greatest of All American Artists,'" New York Times Magazine, Feb 6, 1969, p. 52.
Rosalind E. Krauss, "The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonne," New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977, p. 4, cat. 19; fig. 19 ill.
Joan Pachner, "Theodore Roszak and David Smith: A Question of Balance," Arts, Feb 1984, p. 104, fig. 10; p. 105.
"Lost Work Found," BMA Today, Summer 2010, p. 6, ill.
BMA Today, Fall 2010, p. 23, ill.
John-Paul Stonard, "Abstraction in Sculpture," "The Burlington Magazine," November 2010, CLII, p. 768, no. 85, ill.
Schaefer, Barbara and Anita Hachmann, eds. "Es War Einmal In Amerika: 300 Jahre US-Amerikanische Kunst". Köln: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, 2018.
Markings: "D.S." stamped on a brazed portion of the sculpture near an upside down relief "3" near top of straight "leg"
