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Author Pachner, Joan.

Title David Smith / Joan Pachner.

Publication Info. London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2013.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  730.92 SMITH P    Check Shelf
Description 145 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Series Phaidon focus : essential introductions to modern artists
Phaidon focus.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 145).
Summary One of the pre-eminent American sculptors of the twentieth century, Smith was a powerful innovator. He introduced the industrial process of welding, and was able to manipulate metal into extraordinarily imaginative and varied compositions, using it literally to "draw in space." Pachner also sheds valuable light on Smith's prolific output of drawing, sketching, writing and photography.
Contents Risks and rewards -- The early years -- The 1930s. Photography in the 1930s ; Welding ; Medals for dishonor -- War and its aftermath : the 1940s. Helmholtzian landscape ; Photographing sculpture -- Maturity : the 1950s. Drawings and sprays ; The working process -- Full flower : 1960-5. Voltri ; Cubi ; The fields -- Chronology -- List of works.
Subject Smith, David, 1906-1965.
Smith, David, 1906-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sculpture, American -- 20th century.
Sculptors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780714861562 hardcover
0714861561 hardcover
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