''Cubi XI'' is an abstract sculpture by
David Smith. It is a part of the ''
Cubi
The ''Cubi'' series is a group of stainless steel sculptures built from cubes, rectangular solids and cylinders with spheroidal or flat endcaps. These pieces are among the last works completed by the sculptor David Smith (sculptor), David Smith. ...
'' series of sculptures.
Constructed in 1963, it was installed on April 21, 1964, at 1875
Connecticut Avenue
Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. It is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House, and the segment south of Florida Avenue wa ...
, N.W. near
Sheridan Circle.
It is in the
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is the most recent addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is located in the National Mall between the National Gallery's West Building and the Smithsonian ...
.
See also
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List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
References
External links
''Cubi XI''
1963 sculptures
Abstract sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Cubist sculptures
Modernist sculpture
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Sculptures by David Smith
Steel sculptures in Washington, D.C.
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