Spitball / Tony Smith
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1974/2.51
- Title
- Spitball
- Artist
- Tony Smith
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1912 - 1980
- Medium and Support
- granite
- Object Creation Date
- designed 1961; created 1970
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of W. Hawkins Ferry
- Style/Group/Movement
- abstract
- Inscription
- Inscribed bottom of base: Tony Smith '61 / 50/50
- Dimensions
- 31 cm x 36.5 cm x 34.8 cm (12 3/16 in. x 14 3/8 in. x 13 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Physical Description
- A black granite abstract sculpute. Two "legs" rise up toward one another to meet at a point, making a basic triangle shape. At the bottom of the "legs," two horizontal "feet" protrude away from the object's center and end in four-sided points.
- Subject Matter
- Tony Smith's abstract sculpture resonates between the mathematical and the organic, the material and the spiritual. It also shows some of the architectural sense that came from his early career as an architect. Solid and powerful, the piece nevertheless exhibits a kind of movement and flux as viewers move around it.
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- forms of expression
- genres
- inorganic material
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rock
- rock by form
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 943 x 1155
- File Size
- 42 KB
- Record
- 1974/2.51
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1974-sl-2.51/1974_2.51.jpg
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"Spitball; Tony Smith." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1974-sl-2.51/1974_2.51.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
