Author: FRANK, SUSAN BEHRENDS
Title: David Smith invents / Susan Behrends Frank; with essays by Sarah Hamill and Peter Stevens
Description: Washington. D.C. New Haven [Conn.]: Phillips Collection ; In association with Yale University Press 2011. 1st edition. Fine copy in the original colour printed boards. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 101 pages: illustrations (some color); 28 cm. Notes; Catalog prepared in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Phillips Collection. Washington. D.C. Feb. 12-May 15. 2011. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; David Smith invents / by Susan Behrends Frank -- 'What sculpture can never be': the photographs of David Smith / by Susan Hamill -- Unity and identity: David Smith's materials and methods / by Peter Stevens -- Illustrations -- Chronology. Summary; Discusses selected steel sculptures fabricated by the American painter-sculptor David Smith (1906-1965). as well as Smith's drawings and paintings. Emphasizes his investigation of concave/convex forms. and notes his use of painted surfaces. Includes essays on Smith's photography of his own works and on his surfaces and materials'--Provided by publisher. Abstract Expressionist artist David Smith (1906-1965) was one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century. yet few publications dedicated to his creative output currently exist. A painter-sculptor in the tradition of Matisse and Picasso. he focused on welded steel sculptures while simultaneously working inventively in two dimensions. in paint. ink. or tempera. David Smith Invents is the first book to focus on the output in all media of the artist's last fifteen years. a period in which he explored concave and convex forms in works welded from steel tanks and pipes that he bought by the rail-car load as industrial waste. Starting in 1953. Smith's efforts resulted in the monumental. personage-like forms of the Tanktotems series. and the later series of Bouquet of Concaves. leading in 1961 to the massive Zigs. Susan Behrends Frank opens a window onto the unusual working process employed by Smith. who was once a welder on an automobile production line. In spite of their industrial manufacture and materials. his works blurred the boundaries between sculpture. painting. and drawing. and his sculptures during this period were created in a pictorial fashion. in a single plane. One of his practices was to draw a white rectangle on the floor and position the metal parts of his sculpture within its boundaries. Featured throughout the book are extraordinary photographs taken by Smith of his sculptures. along with an enlightening essay on the photos by Sarah Hamill. Peter Stevens discusses Smith's materials and surfaces. Subjects; Smith. David 1906-1965 - Exhibitions. Smith. David 1906-1965 - Criticism and interpretation. Steel sculpture. American - Exhibitions. Abstract Expressionism; Individual artists; Sculpture. ART / Individual Artists / Monographs. ART / Sculpture & Installation. ART / Collections. Catalogs. Exhibitions / General. Weight in Kg appr.:

Keywords: