Bibliograph

David Smith, Joan Pachner

Type

Label

David Smith, Joan Pachner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 145)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

David Smith

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

828725709

Responsibility statement

Joan Pachner

Series statement

Phaidon focus : essential introductions to modern artists

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

Table Of 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

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Creator