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Artists›Tony Smith

Tony Smith

1912

WA-00004082

South Orange, NJ, USA

SculptureMinimalism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

135

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ551899

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Tony Smith/81 More

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971–1972

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Art of the Real

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
BiographyGallery Pace + Gallery Generic· 80%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (5)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/tony-smith
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Matthew-Markshttps://www.artsy.net/artist/tony-smith
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5494
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Minimalism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (21)

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Tanaquil: The Hardest Thing of All

1972 · Illustrated book with one lithograph

irreg. composition 9 1/4 x 13 1/2" (23.5 x 34.3 cm)

5 × 12 1/2 × 12 in., 24.2 lb. (12.7 × 31.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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For P.C.

1969 · welded bronze

Overall: 190.5 x 203.2 x 175.3 cm (75 x 80 x 69 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Stinger

1967 · Cast bronze with black patina

25 × 140 × 140 cm (10 × 55 × 55 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Source

1967 · painted steel

Overall: 335.2 x 899.1 x 1036.3 cm (131 15/16 x 354 x 408 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Amaryllis

1965 · Painted steel

11 ft. 3 in. × 10 ft. 8 in. × 90 in. (342.9 × 325.1 × 228.6 cm) Weight: 4905 lb. (2224.9 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moondog

1964 · 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)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Oil on canvas

42 × 48" (106.7 × 121.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Door

1962 · Black fiber-tipped pen on yellow wove graph paper

21.5 × 27.8 cm (8 1/2 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1962 · Black fiber-tipped pen on yellow wove graph paper

27.8 × 21.4 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Die

1962 · Steel

6 x 6 x 6' (182.9 x 182.9 x 182.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Free Ride

1962 · Painted steel

80 × 80 × 80", 730 lb. (203.2 × 203.2 × 203.2 cm, 331.1 kg)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1962 · Oil and alkyd on canvas

8' x 13' 1/8" (243.9 x 396.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

4/26/61

1961 · Ink on paper

each: 8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cigarette

1961 · Painted steel

15' 1" x 25' 6" x 18' 7" (459.2 x 777.2 x 566.3 cm)

22 x 30 1/4" (55.9 x 76.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1953 · Charcoal on colored paper

31 1/2 x 39 1/8" (80 x 99.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1953 · Charcoal on paper

31 1/2 x 39 1/8" (80 x 99.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Untitled

1953 · Pastel over charcoal on paper

31 1/4 × 39 1/8 in. (79.4 × 99.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1946 · Brushed and spattered colored inks on paper

17 5/8 × 11 7/8 in. (44.8 × 30.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1943 · Cut and torn pasted printed papers on board

12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

21 published of 36 catalogued · 25 with image

MoMA
11 publishedof 22 catalogued18 img
The Met
5 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
+ 1 more source · 4 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Source
1967 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
For P.C.
1969 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

58 assets

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

Movements1

Minimalism

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Georgetown University

Visual Arts

Art Students League of New York

Visual Arts

Fordham University

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Tony Smith/81 More

New York · 1971

Group Exhibition Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

New York · 1969

Group Exhibition Art of the Real

New York · 1968

Group Exhibition The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

New York · 1967