| David Smith Cubi XXI gifted to Storm King Art Center and Whitney Museum of American Art |
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NEW WINDSOR, N.Y.- Storm King Art Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art announced the acquisition of Cubi XXI, a 1964 sculpture by preeminent American artist David Smith (1906–1965). A key work from the artist’s celebrated Cubi series (1961–1965), the large-scale, burnished stainless-steel sculpture is a gift to the two institutions from the Lipman Family Foundation. The late Howard Lipman, a trustee of both Storm King and the Whitney, and his wife, the late Jean Lipman (editor of Art in America from 1940 to 1970, and a Whitney staff member in the 1970s), were together great supporters of the arts. Their son, Peter Lipman, and daughter-in-law, Beverly Lipman, continue in that role. Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney, stated, “The gift of David Smith’s Cubi XXI from Beverly and Peter Lipman means so much to us. The Lipman family has been among the Whitney’s great read full article
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