Artist Monograph

Tony Smith, American

American, 1912–1980

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	36.4%
Drawing	4	36.4%
Oil Painting	2	18.2%
Lithography	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	6	54.5%
Drawings & Prints	5	45.5%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

8

1960s

1

1970s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 4
Drawing — 4
Painting — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	9.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	36.4%
Large (1–3 m)	3	27.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	3	27.3%

Range: 27.9 cm → 777.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1973	2
1984	1
1989	1
1996	3
1998	2
2004	1
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 219.1996	1953–55	Charcoal on paper	31 1/2 x 39 1/8" (80 x 99.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Agnes Gund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 220.1996	1953–55	Charcoal on colored paper	31 1/2 x 39 1/8" (80 x 99.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
4/26/61 Drawing Acc. 176.2004.a-i	1961	Ink on paper	each: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
April 26, 1961 Drawing Acc. 98.1996	1961	Ink on paper	22 x 30 1/4" (55.9 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fractional and promised gift of Robert F. and Anna Marie Shapiro
Cigarette Sculpture Acc. 114.1973	1961 (fabricated 1971)	Painted steel	15' 1" x 25' 6" x 18' 7" (459.2 x 777.2 x 566.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Die Sculpture Acc. 333.1998	1962 (fabricated 1998)	Steel	6 x 6 x 6' (182.9 x 182.9 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jane Smith in honor of Agnes Gund
Free Ride Sculpture Acc. 271.1984	1962 (fabricated 1981)	Painted steel	80 × 80 × 80", 730 lb. (203.2 × 203.2 × 203.2 cm, 331.1 kg) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 331.13 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund and purchase
Untitled Painting Acc. 337.1989	1962, 1980	Oil and alkyd on canvas	8' x 13' 1/8" (243.9 x 396.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled Painting Acc. 777.2022	1963	Oil on canvas	42 × 48" (106.7 × 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Irving Stenn Jr. in honor of Ann Temkin
Moondog Sculpture Acc. 154.1998	1964 (fabricated 1998)	Painted aluminum	17' 1 1/4" x 15' 8 1/2" x 13' 7 1/4" (521.3 x 478.8 x 414.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 4000.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund, Helen Acheson Bequest (by exchange), and Thomas W. Weisel Fund
Tanaquil: The Hardest Thing of All Illustrated Book Acc. 438.1973	1972	Illustrated book with one lithograph	irreg. composition 9 1/4 x 13 1/2" (23.5 x 34.3 cm) page 9 1/16 x 5 7/8" (23 x 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Fourcade, Droll, Inc.