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“if you ask why I make sculpture, I must answer that it is my way of life, my balance, and my justification for being” - Smith
Steel, painted
2743 × 2788 × 457 mm
© 2022 The Estate of David Smith / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jon Etter
“if you ask why I make sculpture, I must answer that it is my way of life, my balance, and my justification for being” - Smith
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Watercolor and ink on paper
46.4 x 57.8 cm / 18 1/4 x 22 3/4 in
, 1962
Steel, bronze, stainless steel, paint
4083 × 2251 × 794 mm
Silicon bronze, brass, metal; wood base
39.7 x 58.7 x 23.7 cm / 15 5/8 x 23 1/8 x 9 3/8 in
Painted steel
927.0 × 1175.0 × 250.0 mm
, 1962
Steel, bronze, stainless steel, paint
408.3 × 225.1 × 79.4 cm
, 1956-1962
Steel, paint
269.6 x 48.3 x 36.5 cm / 106 1/8 x 19 x 14 3/8 in
, 1938
Steel, baked enamel
36 1/4 x 28 1/2 x 30 in. (92.1 x 72.4 x 76.2 cm)
Cast iron, paint
117.5 x 92.7 x 27.9 cm / 46 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 11 in
, 1958–1959
Steel and unidentifed metal, painted
424.0 × 778.0 × 138.0 mm
Steel and paint, on artist's painted wood base
37.5 x 52.1 x 16.2 cm / 14 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 6 3/8 in, base: 5.7 x 31.1 x 10.8 cm / 2 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 4 1/4 in
, 1951–52
Steel, paint
190.5 x 64.8 x 29.8 cm / 75 x 25 1/2 x 11 3/4 in
, 1959-60
Spray enamel on paper
43.8 x 29.2 cm / 17 1/4 x 11 1/2 in
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