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Leon Polk SmithWW-1968-M062635
1968·Lithograph·composition (irreg.): 24 × 24" (61 × 61 cm); sheet: 26 × 26" (66 × 66 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1968
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 24 × 24" (61 × 61 cm); sheet: 26 × 26" (66 × 66 cm)

Artist

Leon Polk Smith
Leon Polk Smith

Painting

Leon Polk Smith was an American abstract painter whose geometric compositions use bold, contrasting colors and clean linear forms to create optical dynamism. Working primarily in acrylic and oil, his paintings from the postwar period onward employed simple shapes, high-saturated color fields, and diagonal compositions that activate the entire canvas surface. Smith's reductive visual language anticipated color field painting while maintaining a distinct structural rigor rooted in precise geometry and architectural principles.

New York, USA

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Year
1968
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 24 × 24" (61 × 61 cm); sheet: 26 × 26" (66 × 66 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1968-M062635

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Leon Polk Smith

Leon Polk Smith

Painting

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