Untitled

The artist; estate of the artist; Anthony d’Offay Gallery (London, England); 27 July 1988, sold by Anthony d’Offay Gallery (London, England) to Terese and Alvin S. Lane (Martha’s Vineyard, MA); 2007, deposited on long-term loan to Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. pp. 56, 168, cat. no. 51.7; pl. 20
• University of Wisconsin Foundation. "2007 University of Wisconsin Foundation Annual Report on Stewardship." Madison: UW Foundation, 2007. p. 29
• Krauss, Rosalind E. "The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné." New York, NY: Garland, 1977. cat. no.263
• Knoedler Contemporary Art. "David Smith." New York: Knoedler Contemporary Art, 1974. illus. (n.p.)

• Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/19/2008–9/28/2008
• Lane Collection, The: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/30/1995–12/3/1995
• David Smith: Knoedler Contemporary Art, 10/5/1974–10/26/1974

This metal sculpture features geometric shapes and linear elements created from old forged steel machinery parts and tools welded together into an abstract composition. It stands on a flat, circular base supporting a vertical element. This central support combines an unidentified machine part with an old bottle opener or ring wrench and culminates in two intersecting flat bar rings. A short, diagonal bar resembling a double ring wrench is attached to the vertical element via a central hub. Midway up the vertical element, a prybar extends diagonally to the right. The matte, dark grey sculpture displays visible corrosion and weld points. Though the sculpture is constructed of different objects welded together, the overall effect is a cohesive abstract form.

• North America
• Sculpture
• Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection
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