Moondog (3/3)

Moondog
Artist	Tony Smith
Year	1964 (1964)
Type	Aluminum, painted black
Dimensions	521.3 cm × 468.0 cm × 467.4 cm (17 ft 1 ¹⁄₄ in × 15 ft 4 ¹⁄₄ in × 15 ft 4 in)
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′27″N 77°01′22″W / 38.89090700°N 77.02270600°W / 38.89090700; -77.02270600
Owner	National Gallery of Art

Moondog is a minimalist sculpture created by Tony Smith in 1964.^[1] The piece is composed of 15 octahedra and 10 tetrahedra, and while perfectly ordered and symmetrical when seen from certain angles, it carries a strong tilt forward when seen from other angles. This is the third of an edition of three in the series (with one artist's proof).

The title refers to Joan Miró's painting Dog Barking at the Moon and the name of a blind poet and composer named Moondog.^[2]

It was installed at the Museum of Modern Art.^[3] In 1997, it showed at Paula Cooper Gallery.^[4] The work currently resides in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden.^[5]

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"Student Activity: Geometry and Tony Smith Sculpture", National Gallery of Art

Tony Smith

Works (List)	Cigarette (1/3) (1961) Cigarette (2/3) (1961) Cigarette (3/3) (1961) Cigarette (AP) (1962) For Marjorie (1961) Marriage (1/3) (1961) Marriage (2/3) (1961) Marriage (3/3) (1961) Marriage (AP) (1961) Spitball (1/3) (1961) Spitball (2/3) (1961) Spitball (3/3) (1961) Spitball (AP) (1961) Tau (1/3) (1961–62) Tau (AP) (1961–62) Beardwig (1/6) (1962) Beardwig (2/6) (1962) Black Box (1/3) (1962) Black Box (2/3) (1962) Black Box (3/3) (1962) Black Box (AP) (1962) Die (1/3) (1962) Die (2/3) (1962) Die (3/3) (1962) Die (AP) (1962) Free Ride (1/3) (1962) Free Ride (2/3) (1962) Free Ride (3/3) (1962) Free Ride (AP) (1962) Gracehoper (1/3) (1962) Gracehoper (2/3) (1962) Night (1/3) (1962) Night (2/3) (1962) Night (3/3) (1962) Night (AP) (1962) Playground (1/3) (1962) Playground (2/3) (1962) Playground (3/3) (1962) Playground (AP) (1962) The Snake Is Out (1/3) (1962) The Snake Is Out (2/3) (1962) The Snake Is Out (3/3) (1962) The Snake Is Out (AP) (1962) We Lost (1/3) (1962) We Lost (2/3) (1962) We Lost (3/3) (1962) Willy (1/3) (1962) Willy (2/3) (1962) Willy (3/3) (1962) Willy (AP) (1962) Duck (1/3) (1962–63) Duck (2/3) (1962–63) Duck (3/3) (1962–63) Duck (AP) (1962–63) The Elevens Are Up (1/3) (1963) The Elevens Are Up (2/3) (1963) The Elevens Are Up (3/3) (1963) The Elevens Are Up (AP) (1963) Moondog (1/3) (1964) Moondog (2/3) (1964) Moondog (3/3) (1964) Moondog (AP) (1964) Wall (1/3) (1964) Wall (2/3) (1964) Wall (3/3) (1964) Wall (AP) (1964) Amaryllis (1/3) (1965) Amaryllis (2/3) (1965) Amaryllis (3/3) (1965) Amaryllis (AP) (1965) Generation (1/3) (1965) The Keys To Given! (1/3) (1965) The Keys To Given! (2/3) (1965) The Keys To Given! (3/3) (1965) The Keys To Given! (AP) (1965) New Piece (1/3) (1966) New Piece (2/3) (1966) New Piece (3/3) (1966) New Piece (AP) (1966) Smoke (1/3) (1967) Smoke (2/3) (1967) Source (1/3) (1967) Source (2/3) (1967) Wandering Rocks (1/5) (1967) Wandering Rocks (2/5) (1967) Wandering Rocks (3/5) (1967) Wandering Rocks (4/5) (1967) Wandering Rocks (5/5) (1967) Wandering Rocks (AP) (1967) Stinger (1967–68) Asteriskos (1968) Moses (1/3) (1968) Moses (2/3) (1968) Moses (3/3) (1968) Moses (AP) (1968) Seed (1/3) (1968) Seed (AP) (1968) Trap (3/9) (1968) For M.S. (1/6) (1969) For M.S. (2/6) (1969) For P.C. (2/6) (1969) For P.C. (3/6) (1969) For V.T. (2/6) (1969) For W.A. (1/6) (1969) For J.C. (2/6) (1969) For D.G. (1/6) (1969) For D.G. (2/6) (1969) For P.N. (1/6) (1969) For P.N. (2/6) (1969) For J.W. (1/6) (1969) For J.W. (2/6) (1969) Smog (1/3) (1969–70) Light Up (1971) She Who Must Be Obeyed (1971–72) Smug (1973) The Fourth Sign (1974) Lippizzaner (1976) One-Two-Three (1/3) (1976) One-Two-Three (2/3) (1976) One-Two-Three (3/3) (1976) One-Two-Three (1976) Throwback (1/3) (1976–77) Throwback (2/3) (1976–77) Throwback (3/3) (1976–77) Ten Elements (1/3) (1975–79) Ten Elements (2/3) (1975–79) Ten Elements (3/3) (1975–79) Ten Elements (AP) (1975–79) Last (1979)

Family	Kiki Smith Seton Smith

Wikimedia	Tony Smith in Commons

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Moondog (3/3)

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