David Smith

David Smith’s assemblages of materials such as wire, scrap metal and broken tools, are referred to as “drawings in space” because their pictorial and illusionistic nature recall sketches coming to life. In 1961, Smith worked in Voltri, Italy for one month to produce works from scraps of an abandoned factory. Upon returning to his home and studio in Bolton Landing, New York, Smith created the Voltri-Bolton Landing Series using material from Italy and around his home. Smith displayed his work around Bolton Landing’s rolling hills with the industrial art acting as frames of the surrounding landscape.

Title: Volton XIII
Date: 1963
Medium: painted steel
Dimensions: 109.5 x 66.25 x 15 inches
Accession Number: P66.1.5
Location: Corning Tower Plaza Level

Title: Volton XVI
Date: 1963
Medium: painted steel
Dimensions: 82 x 19.25 x 18.5 inches
Accession Number: P66.1.8
Location: Corning Tower Plaza Level

Title: Volton XVIII
Date: 1963
Medium: painted steel
Dimensions: 110.5 x 66.25 x 15 inches
Accession Number: P66.1.6
Location: Corning Tower Plaza Level

Title: VB XXI
Date: 1963
Medium: painted steel
Dimensions: 74.75 x 28 x 21.75 inches
Accession Number: P66.1.7
Location: Corning Tower Plaza Level

Title: Voltri-Bolton III
Date: 1962
Medium: painted steel
Dimensions: 95.5 x 38 x 14.5 inches
Accession Number: P66.1.4
Location: Corning Tower Plaza Level

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