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Voltri XV is an abstract sculpture by David Smith.

It is part of the Voltri series created in May through June 1962 in Italy. [1] He worked at an abandoned steel factory, where he welded scrap steel. With assistants, he produced Twenty Six sculptures in thirty days. [2]

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It showed at Spoleto, Italy, [3] the White House, [4] and the Guggenheim Museum, [5] and is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. [6]

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