In particular, this question, to the sculptor: If a drawing is traced, even with the greatest precision, from another drawing, you will perceive that… - David Smith
" "In particular, this question, to the sculptor:
If a drawing is traced, even with the greatest precision, from another drawing, you will perceive that the one is a copy. Although the differences may deviate less than half a hair, recognizable only by perceptual sensitivity, unanimously we rule the work of the intruder's hand as non-art.
But where is the line of true art—when the sculptor's process often introduces the hands of a plaster caster, the mold maker, the grinder and the polisher, and the patina applier, all these processes and foreign hands intruding deviations upon what was once the original work?
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About David Smith
David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an American Abstract Expressionist sculptor best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures.
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Smith, David Rowland
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David Rowland Smith
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Deṿid Smit
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David Roland Smith
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W Smith
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David RoLand Smith
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David Smith (1906-1965)
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Roland David Smith
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