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series depicts "primitive figures seem on their way to work the land, but it is hard to tell where the farmers end and where their tools begin." In a 1982 review of the National Gallery exhibition,
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series includes other works utilizing old farm equipment. The series of sixteen sculptures, made between 1950 and 1957, represent Smith's concern with farming in upper
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1.87 m × 1.4 m × 0.61 m (6.15 ft × 4.6 ft × 2 ft)
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variant" for the duration of the publication. In 1982, NGA curator E.A. Carmean Jr., stated that the Hirshhorn's
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was a must have for NGA if the work was ever to be deaccessioned. Art historian and critic
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variation is not an isolated instance in Smith's career," referring to other works such as
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by Smith, which are all variations upon work by another artist. Deemed a "parody" by
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gesture, almost no discernible style, and yet of an extraordinary lyric intensity."
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Smith, David; Krauss, Rosalind (1983). "Review: Changing the Work of David Smith".
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Grace Glueck (28 November 1982). "David Smith seen in his full range and scope".
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Paul Richard (5 November 1982). "David Smith;Legacy of the Mighty Man of Metal".
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series "elegantly wrought" and as "giving everyday forms a metaphorical unity,"
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image, rigid, frontal, and planar to the point of existing almost solely as a
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The sculpture was originally purchased in 1962 from Park International in
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work of combined elegance and muscularity..." She also points out that
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Joanne Ostrow (5 November 1982). "Celebrating Sculptor David Smith".
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The sculpture has been described by curators at the
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David Smith
Painted steel
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Coordinates
38°53′21″N 77°01′23″W / 38.889167°N 77.023056°W / 38.889167; -77.023056
abstract
sculpture
American
David Smith
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Washington, D.C.
United States
agricola
Latin
steel
farm machinery
farmer
New York City
Joseph H. Hirshhorn
New York State

National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
Adrian de Vries
The Washington Post
Rosalind Krauss
hieratic
silhouette
Mannerist

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