| Description |
192 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
"There are no rules in sculpture" : the sculpture of David Smith / Jörn Merkert -- David Smith : the drawings and paintings / Hannelore Kersting -- Selected writings by David Smith. Notes for "David Smith makes a sculpture" ; Perception and reality ; The language is image ; The artist and nature ; Drawing ; The sculptor's relationship to the museum, dealer and public ; What I believe about the teaching of sculpture ; Questions to students ; Interview with David Sylvester ; Interview with Thomas B. Hess -- Recollections of David Smith / Robert Motherwell |
| Summary |
"David Smith is judged to be the most important pioneer of a separate American movement in sculpture. He was the first to introduce welded steel, an artistic medium discovered in Europe, into twentieth-century sculpture in the New World. In his work he consiously adopted elements of Surrealism, Cubism and Constructivism movements familiar to him from a stay in Europe in 1935. In the 1950s he in turn affected the development of European welded steel sculpture, influencing such artists as Paolozzi, Luginbuhl, Tinguely, Chillida, Caro and Kricke. Until he turned to sculpture in the 1930s Smith considered himself a painter, and his drawings are among the finest products of American draughtsmanship."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"This catalog has been published in conjunction with the exhibition ̀David Smith; sculpture and drawings' held at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (4 March-27 April 1986), the Städtische Galerie in Städelschen Kunst-institut, Frankfurt am Maim (19 June-28 September 1986) and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (7 November 1986-4 January 1987)" --T.p. verso |
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Translation of the essays of Jörn Merket and Hannelore Kersting: Lesley Bernstein |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 185-191 |
| Issuing Body |
Published in conjuction with the exhibition held at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Dusseldorf, 1986, the Stadtische Galerie im Staddelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1986, and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1987 |
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Smith, David, 1906-1965 -- Exhibitions.
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Smith, David, 1906-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Smith, David, 1906-1965 -- Exhibitions.
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Smith, David, 1906-1965.
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Artists' preparatory studies -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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Drawing -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Drawing, American -- Exhibitions.
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Sculpture, American -- Exhibitions.
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Sculpture, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Kersting, Hannelore.
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Kirby, Rachel.
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Merkert, Jörn.
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Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)
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Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main.
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Whitechapel Art Gallery.
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| LC no. |
17004558 |
| ISBN |
3791307932 |
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