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Not an Object, Not a Monument
Tony Smith: The Complete Large Scale Sculptures
Between 1960 and 1980, the year of his death, Tony Smith produced 47 large-scale outdoor sculptures. These
sculptures were both revolutionary and vastly influential. This publication is the first to bring together all these works in
a single volume, chronologically exploring the developments in Smith’s significant body of work.
Fabricated in steel and painted black, Smith’s sculpture evolved from early minimal works to monumental pieces of
great geometric intricacy. An architect working under Frank Lloyd Wright and a painter who was a close friend to
Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman, Smith was always concerned with the potential of purified form and color. His
sculpture, which he approached late in life, solidifies these investigations, many of his first distilled forms becoming
components of his later larger works.
This volume also includes excerpts of interviews with Smith, highlighting the artist’s passionate approach to sculpture.
Tony Smith was born in 1912. Initially acclaimed as an architect and painter, Smith did not concentrate on or exhibit his
sculpture until 1961. From the time of his first one-person museum exhibition to that of his death, Smith established
himself as one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century. His work continues to be widely
shown, most recently including solo museum exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1998; and IVAM,
Valencia, in 2002; as well as permanent installations at museums and public spaces in major cities throughout the world.
Not an Object, Not a Monument
Tony Smith: The Complete Large Scale Sculptures
With text by Tony Smith
Book design by Steidl design / Bernard Fischer
104 pages, 54 tritone plates
9.8 x 12.9 in. / 25 x 33 cm
Hardcover
US $ 30.00 / £ 20.00 / R 30.00
ISBN 3-86521-313-8
ISBN-13 978-3-86521-313-6
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