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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/david-smith-1953" aria-label="More by David Smith" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">David Smith</a>
Forging VIII
Lent from The Estate of David Smith
abstraction
actions: postures and motions
adults
figure
figure
from recognisable sources
geometric
non-representational
people
standing
<p>In 1955 Smith made a series of eleven sculptures known as the 'Forgings'. They were the first of his works to be made entirely from stainless steel and are among the most reductive and most insistently vertical of his sculptures. They were produced using a power-driven forge hammer in the workshops of the steel fabricators, Seward &amp; Company. It was from Seward's blacksmith, Leroy Burton, that Smith learnt many of the steel-working techniques of which he was to make extensive use in his later works. The direct reference to the method of their production in the title of the 'Forgings' epitomises the close relationship in Smith's work between materials and techniques and the final work of art.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture steel
22 April 2002 – 25 August 2002
2002-08-25
22 April 2002 – 25 August 2002
2002-08-25
2002-04-22
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2002-04-22
Upright Figure
Collection based display
26 January 2006 – 11 September 2006
2006-09-11
26 January 2006 – 14 May 2006
2006-05-14
2006-01-26
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA)
2006-01-26
David Smith: A Centennial
Loan-out
2 November 2006 – 9 December 2006
2006-12-09
2 November 2006 – 9 December 2006
2006-12-09
2006-11-02
Gagosian Gallery (London, UK)
2006-11-02
David Smith
Loan-out
13 January 2010 – 31 January 2013
2013-01-31
13 January 2010 – 31 January 2013
2013-01-31
2010-01-13
US Ambassador’s Residence (London, UK)
2010-01-13
Long loan to Winfield House
Loan-out
8 November 2013 – 21 December 2013
2013-12-21
8 November 2013 – 21 December 2013
2013-12-21
2013-11-08
Gagosian Gallery (New York, USA)
http://www.gagosian.com
2013-11-08
David Smith
Loan-out
22 June 2019 – 5 January 2020
2020-01-05
22 June 2019 – 5 January 2020
2020-01-05
2019-06-22
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Wakefield, UK)
2019-06-22
David Smith
Loan-out
Forging VIII
object: 2285 × 240 × 218 mm
Lent from The Estate of David Smith
<p>In 1955 Smith made a series of eleven <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a>  known as the 'Forgings'. They were the first of  his works to be made entirely from stainless <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/metal" title="Glossary definition for 'Metal'"><span>steel</span></a>  and are among the most reductive and most  insistently vertical of his sculptures. They were  produced using a power-driven forge hammer in the  workshops of the steel fabricators, Seward &amp;  Company. It was from Seward's blacksmith, Leroy  Burton, that Smith learnt many of the  steel-working techniques of which he was to make  extensive use in his later works. The direct  reference to the method of their production in the  title of the 'Forgings' epitomises the close  relationship in Smith's work between materials and  techniques and the final work of art.</p>
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abstraction actions: postures and motions adults figure figure from recognisable sources geometric non-representational people standing