Untitled
c. 1932-1935
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 18.1 x 18.1 cm (7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
1998.138.1
Art Historical Context
David Smith's *Untitled* (c. 1932-1935) is a striking gelatin silver print, a black-and-white photographic process that became a staple of modernist photography for its rich tonal range and sharp detail. Measuring a modest 18.1 x 18.1 cm in its perfect square format, this intimate work captures the artist's experimental spirit during the early years of his career in New York. As a pioneering American sculptor known for his welded metal abstractions, Smith often turned to photography to document his surroundings, blending industrial motifs with emerging abstract sensibilities influenced by Cubi...