David Smith

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1984

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Research Projects

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Medium: Woodcut.
Print Image Size: 9 1/4 x 6 inches.
Print Edition: 250 (with 1 artist's proof).
Alternate Medium: Woodcut.
Ink(s): black.
Support: Rives Heavyweight paper.
A frontal, bust-length portrait of sculptor David Smith, created to accompany the transcription of a speech he gave at the Ohio State University in 1959. The woodcut was printed in black ink on Rives Heavyweight paper at Logan Elm Press, for David Smith on Art and Tradition. A proof [CMA 2001.034.006], separate from the rest of the keepsake, is titled with Smith's name and has more background woodblock texture surrounding the sculptor's head.

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