The Snake Is Out, 1962, fabricated 1992

East Building, Ground Level — Entrance Terrace

Medium

painted steel

Dimensions

overall: 457.2 x 706.1 x 574 cm (180 x 278 x 226 in.); gross weight: 7.5 tn

Credit Line

Gift of the Tony Smith Estate and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1992.21.1

Artists / Makers

Tony Smith (artist) American, 1912 - 1980

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Inscription

on bottom, plate added 2017 next to the original plate, per Tony Smith Estate: T.SMITH / THE SNAKE IS OUT, 1962 / FABRICATED 1992 / EDITION AP (originally stamped 0/3 / TONY SMITH ESTATE 2017; on bottom, the original plate: T.SMITH / THE SNAKE IS OUT / 1962 / 0/3 / LIPPINCOTT

Marks and Labels

FM: LIPPINCOTT

Provenance

The estate of the artist; gift 1992 to NGA.

Associated Names

Smith, Tony

Bibliography

2013: Cigola, Francesca. Art Parks: A Tour of America’s Sculpture Parks and Gardens. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2013: 101.

2021: May, Katherine. "Twenty Years of Repainting Tony Smith." Facture: conservation, science, art history 5 (2021): 146-173, 147 unnumbered fig. (detail), fig. 3.