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The Bar-Head

The Bar-Head

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David Smith

Artist
David Smith
(American, 1906 - 1965)
Title
The Bar-Head
Date
1956
Medium
Welded iron
Dimensions
25 x 17 1/4 x 5 in. Overall
Credit
Bequest of Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender
Accession No.
1992.247
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
United States

Related

The artist; 1957, to Andrew C. and Jane T. Ritchie (New York, NY); Marlborough Gallery (New York, NY); ca. 1977, sold by Marlborough Gallery (New York, NY) to Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender (Oak Ridge, TN and Washington, DC); 15 May 1987, deposited on long-term loan by Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender (Oak Ridge, TN and Washington, DC) to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1992, bequeathed to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Klein, Susan. Master's Thesis in Art Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison [design for World Wide Web]. 1998
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 130
  • Baker, D. Frederick, "A University Collects: The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin," in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine (Autumn/Winter 2013) vol. XII, issue 6 :184-193. p. 188, no. 6
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1991-1993." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1994. p. 187

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