About the Artwork
Olympian Rite
ca. 1966
G. Alden Smith
1912 - 1993
American
Unknown
Rosewood and steel
Overall: 111 1/2 × 72 × 24 inches (283.2 × 182.9 × 61 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase Prize, Exhibition for Michigan Artists, 1966
66.392
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Provenance
1967-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Annual Exhibition for Michigan Artists. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1966, no. 104, p. 12 (color ill.).
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G. Alden Smith, Olympian Rite, ca. 1966, rosewood and steel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase Prize, Exhibition for Michigan Artists, 1966, 66.392.
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