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Jan 7, 2020 · Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music, and Dance is the first museum exhibition to focus exclusively on the influence of music and dance in David Smith's work. It features rarely seen sculptures, paintings, and drawings on loan from major private and public collections, as well as art and archival materials from the Estate of David Smith in ...
- Catalogue Raisonné
The Estate of David Smith is pleased to announce the...
- Bolton Landing
In the late 1920s David Smith traveled to Bolton Landing,...
- Works
Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture...
- Catalogue Raisonné
Mar 9, 2012 · 1 of 5. Summary of David Smith. Among the greatest American sculptors of the 20 th century, David Smith was the first to work with welded metal. He wove a rich mythology around this rugged work, often talking of the formative experiences he had in his youth while working in a car body workshop.
- American
- March 9, 1906
- Decatur, Indiana
- May 23, 1965
Overview. Inscriptions and Markings. Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: Song of the Landscape. Artist: David Smith (American, Decatur, Indiana 1906–1965 Bennington, Vermont) Date: 1950. Medium: Iron and bronze, on wood base. Dimensions: 19 × 32 × 19 1/2 in., 30.1 lb. (48.3 × 81.3 × 49.5 cm, 13.7 kg) Classification: Sculpture.
May 17 – November 15, 1999. The Fields of David Smith is a three-year project co-curated by David Collens and Candida Smith. This is the first major American museum exhibition devoted to Smith's work in over fifteen years, and the first that attempts to recreate the experience of the sculptures placed outside Smith's home and studio at Bolton ...
Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: Becca. Artist: David Smith (American, Decatur, Indiana 1906–1965 Bennington, Vermont) Date: 1965. Medium: Stainless steel. Dimensions: 9 ft. 5 3/4 in. × 10 ft. 3 in. × 30 1/2 in., 2178 lb. (288.9 × 312.4 × 77.5 cm) Classification: Sculpture.
Roland David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an influential and innovative American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, widely known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures. Born in Decatur, Indiana, Smith initially pursued painting, receiving training at the Art Students League in New York from 1926 to 1930.
