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Voltri XV is an abstract sculpture by David Smith.

It is part of the Voltri series created in May through June 1962 in Italy. He worked at an abandoned steel factory, where he welded scrap steel. With assistants, he produced Twenty Six sculptures in thirty days.

It showed at Spoleto, Italy, the White House, and the Guggenheim Museum, and is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

See also

• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2

References

1. "David Smith (1906-1965)".
2. A Garden for Art, Valerie J. Fletcher, LOC # 97-61991, p.82
3. "Voltri XV, 1962 (in background)". Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
4. "At the White House: The First Lady's Sculpture Garden". Archived from the original on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
5. "Artnet Magazin".
6. "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-05-28.

External links

• "The Hirshhorn Sculpture Gardens", Bluffton
• Voltri XV
• Waymarking

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