Cubi
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[[Image:SMITH CUBI VI.JPG|thumb|left|right|150px|CUBI VI (1963), [[Israel Museum]], [[Jerusalem]].]]
'''Cubi''' is a series of stainless steel sculptures, comprising of cubes, rectagular prisms, and the like. This series was the last project of [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]], American contemporary sculptor. This series comprises 28 sculptures. David Smith was killed unexpectedly in a car crash soon after the completion of the last sculpture (titled Cubi XXVIII).
=== Cubi XXVIII ===
Cubi XXVIII, executed in 1965, is the name given to a large metal sculpture created by David Smith. Formerly housed at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]], on [[November 9]], [[2005]], the sculpture became the most expensive work of [[contemporary art]] ever sold at auction, selling for $23.8 [[million]] at [[Sotheby's]] [[New York]] auction house to art dealer [[Larry Gagosian]] who was acting on behalf of billionaire art collector [[Eli Broad]]. "This exceedingly rare work was the pinnacle of a four-decade career," said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art and the auctioneer for the evening.
==See also==
* [[Cubi VII]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/collections/4/work_16.htm Cubi XX] at the [[UCLA Hammer Museum]]
* [http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_md_146B_2.html Cubi XXVII] at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]]
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