David Smith: Sculpture 1932–1965 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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David Smith: Sculpture 1932–1965 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
David Smith, Primo Piano III, 1962. © 2019 The Estate of David Smith _ Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo Jerry L Thompson

David Smith: Sculpture 1932–1965 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield 21 June 2019 — 5 January 2020 Entrance is free

Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents a major exhibition of work by the great American artist David Smith (1906–1965) – the first solo exhibition of Smith’s work in the UK since Tate Modern’s 2006 project and the largest ever outside the capital. It features almost 40 sculptures, drawn from four decades, beginning with Smith’s earliest experimental works from the 1930s, through to the bold, large-scale statements of the 1960s. With works in the Underground Gallery and adjacent landscape, David Smith is YSP’s headline exhibition for 2019 and principal contribution to the inaugural Yorkshire Sculpture International, produced in partnership with the Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, and Leeds Art Gallery.

David Smith: Sculpture 1932–1965 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield 21 June 2019 — 5 January 2020 Entrance is free

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