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Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition 3/3
Don Quixote Foundation

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition 3/3
Don Quixote Foundation

Plywood, painted black
Tony Smith, Santa Barbara, CA, 1969, organized by the Museum of Modern Art

Plywood, painted black
Tony Smith, Santa Barbara, CA, 1969, organized by the Museum of Modern Art

"The boxes for which this mock-up is made were used for an earlier piece, which has evolved into We Lost. It was called Cosa Nostra. It also formed a cube, but by two sets of parallel prisms at right angles to one another. I didn’t like it because of the crossing lines at the intersections. On Nov. 16, 1963, the two top boxes were wheeled into position directly over the bottom two, and the elevens were up. This title also comes from John McNulty’s 'Third Avenue Medicine.' 'It means that the two cords on the back of a man’s neck have begun to stick out, the way they never stuck out before his illness'."

- Tony Smith on The Elevens Are Up

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition 1/3
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition 1/3
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition AP
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition AP
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

Cast bronze, black patina
Overall: 16 × 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm), 2 units, each 16 × 2 × 16 in. (40.6 × 5.08 × 40.6 cm), edition 2/9
Jan Groth and Steingrim Laursen Collection. Stavanger Art Museum, Norway

Cast bronze, black patina
Overall: 16 × 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm), 2 units, each 16 × 2 × 16 in. (40.6 × 5.08 × 40.6 cm), edition 2/9
Jan Groth and Steingrim Laursen Collection. Stavanger Art Museum, Norway

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition 1/3
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition 1/3
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition AP
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

Steel, painted black
Overall: 8 x 8 x 8 ft. (243.8 × 243.8 × 243.8 cm), 2 units, each 8 × 2 × 8 ft. (243.8 × 61 × 243.8 cm), edition AP
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

Cast bronze, black patina
Overall: 16 × 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm), 2 units, each 16 × 2 × 16 in. (40.6 × 5.08 × 40.6 cm), edition 2/9
Jan Groth and Steingrim Laursen Collection. Stavanger Art Museum, Norway

Cast bronze, black patina
Overall: 16 × 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 × 40.6 cm), 2 units, each 16 × 2 × 16 in. (40.6 × 5.08 × 40.6 cm), edition 2/9
Jan Groth and Steingrim Laursen Collection. Stavanger Art Museum, Norway