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The Whitney Museum Hosts "David Smith ~ Cubes and Anarchy"

artwork: David Smith - "Untitled (sculptural-rectilinear)", circa 1937-38 - Ink, pastel, and watercolor on paper - 43.2 x 56 cm. Colleciton of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. - On view in "David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy" until January 8th 2012.


New York City.- The Whitney Museum of Art is proud to show “David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy”, on view until January 8th 2012. This exhibition examines the abiding importance of geometric form in the work of American sculptor David Smith (1906-1965) from his earliest small works through the monumental late masterpieces that he created in the final years of his life. Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it debuted earlier this year, the exhibition brings together approximately 60 works, including the largest grouping of Smith’s Cubis and Zigs assembled in more than two decades. Cubes and Anarchy places these acknowledged masterpieces in context with Smith’s earlier works in an exhibition that includes sculptures, drawings, paintings, and photographs, many provided by the Estate of David Smith.