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11/22/94 11:17 [[telephone icon]] 313 833 2357 DET INST of ARTS 01 To: Grace Serra Fact Sheet 11/18/94 accession No: 72.436 classification: Sculpture artist: Tony Smith lived: 1912-1980 citizenship: American birthplace: South Orange, New Jersey, United States, North America title: Gracehoper object date: 1961 medium/technique: Welded steel and paint medium keys: metal, paint, polychromed, steel, welded dimensions: 276 x 264 x 552 in. 701.0 x 670.6 x 1402.1 cm 23" x 22 x 46" description: Six monumental steel pieces welded into interlocking geometric sections which are attached to an interior structure of supports. The whole piece is painted black. search keys: NONOBJECTIVE, LITERATURE related works: See accession no 71.110 which is a model of this piece. department: Twentieth Century Art geography:(object place), United States, North America additional info: Registrar, Conservation credit line: Founders Society Purchase with funds from W. Hawkins Ferry and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund, Marie and Alex Manoogian Fund and members of the Friends of Modern Art references: DIA BULLETIN, vol 50, no 2, 1971, pp 18-22,(ill). DIA BULLETIN, vol 52, no 1, 1973, pp 1, 23, 72, (cover ill). Ocvirk, O. G. et al., ART FUNDAMENTALS: THEORY AND PRACTICE, Dubuque, IA.: W. C. Brown Co., 1975, fig 224 and back cover, (color ill). Armstrong T. et al., 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN SCULPTURE, Boston: D. Godine, 1976, fig 321, p 220, (ill). "DIA Advertising Supplement", DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 4, 1978, p 22, (ill only). "FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETRIOT FREE PRESS, May 20, 1979, p 9 (ill). "FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT NEWS, April 29, 1984, p 8 (ill). "FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT NEWS, April 14, 1985, p 27 (ill). DIA, 100 MASTERWORKS FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, Hudson Hills Press, Inc, NY, 1985, p 232, p 233 (ill). Rose, Barbara, AMERICAN ART SINCE 1900, Praeger World of Art Series, New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1975, p 278, fig II-54. TONY SMITH SELECTED SCULPTURES 1961-1973, Part I, New York: Xavier Fourcade Inc., 1985, (ill). Transparency: T1, Full view 35mm color slide: 513888, 11/15/94, Full View 35mm color slide: S4656, Three quarter view, Back left 35mm color slide: S4655, Three quarter view, Front left 35mm color slide: S4654, Do not use 35mm color slide: S4653, Do not use 35mm color slide: S4652, Do not use 35mm color slide: S4651, Do not use 35mm color slide: S4650, Do not use