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SMITH, DAVID

1906–65, American sculptor, b. Decatur, Ind., studied painting at the Art Students League, New York City. In the 1930s he began experimenting with sculpture. After 1935 he worked primarily in this medium. His mature works, in wrought iron and cut steel and often monumental in scale, exhibit abstract geometrical imagery and constructivist diagramming of space. His open constructions, such as Hudson River Landscape (Ogunquit Mus., Maine), stress the play of sculptural silhouettes against directional lines. Other works include abstract variations of natural subjects, such as Cockfight (Whitney Mus., New York City), and open, totemlike forms that frequently incorporate miscellaneous "found" objects.

See R. E. Krauss, Terminal Ironworks: The Sculpture of David Smith (1971).

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Publication Information: Encyclopedia Article Title: Smith, David. Encyclopedia Title: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Publisher: Columbia University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 2004.
    
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