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David Smith

How do you see David Smith utilizing positive and negative space? Especially in terms of his sculpture, what is the relationship of form and void?

  
David Smith
Untitled
ink, brush and watercolor on white paper
18 x 23 3/16 in. (45.7 x 58.8 cm);26 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (66.2 x 81.5 cm);18 x 23 3/16 in. (45.7 x 58.8 cm)
Gift of David Smith

A roughly teardrop-shaped sculpture of shiny cast aluminum. Within the basic organic shape are several curls and a shape that appears to be a woman or perhaps a fetus. The sculpture sits atop a tall wooden base composed of a stack of fat disc shapes.
  
David Smith
Growing Forms
cast aluminum on wood base
27 15/16 in x 8 11/16 in x 6 3/10 in (70.96 cm x 22.07 cm x 16.03 cm);27 15/16 in x 8 11/16 in x 6 3/10 in (70.96 cm x 22.07 cm x 16.03 cm);69 3/10 in x 13 in x 13 in (176.05 cm x 33.02 cm x 33.02 cm)
Bequest of Charles E. Palmer in honor of Jean Paul Slusser

  
David Smith
Tahstvaat
cast iron and forged fabricated steel with wood base
30 9/16 in x 11 5/16 in x 13 5/16 in (77.63 cm x 28.73 cm x 33.81 cm)
Museum Purchase


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Untitled (1952/1.79)
Growing Forms (1980/1.213A)
Tahstvaat (1950/1.164)

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