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Gradually [late 1920's] the canvas became the base and the painting was a sculpture. [quote, early 1950's]

— David Smith Abstract Expressionism (1990)

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David Smith refers to his early artistic move from painting to sculpture

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Sculpture is as free as the mind; as complex as life..

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