Walking straight through to the end of the room in the fourth - floor, I find myself in the third section that exhibits three rare sketchbooks covering a great deal of brainstorming and concepts from 1933 to 1954. The sketchbooks pages are marked with pencil and pen. One sketchbook shows notations written by Smith in 1951, "Research, Joan Carter, Time, Rockefeller Center, NY20". Providing an insight into his thoughts, methods and inspirations. At the very end of the space stands the most interesting and delicately flat piece called 17 H’s, 1950. Playing with his driven concept “drawing in space”, Smith creates the painted steel piece by using 17 letter H’s. A sculpture that is abstract and resembles the unreadable language of a musical note or can also be seen as a configuration of little chairs organized in different levels.
The exhibition is organized with ample space between sculptures, encouraging the viewer to absorb the magnitude that each piece of art. I had the privilege to examine the welded steel and the simplified geometric forms from 360 degrees. There have been many major exhibitions around the world honoring this talented artist of Geometric abstraction. The Whitney Museum has frequently shown David Smith’s collection, giving the public access to study and admire his unique geometric art form.
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