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Download our app and ask your own questions during your visit. Here are some that others have asked.
Did Smith start in figurative and then go abstract?
Leon Polk Smith is predominantly known for his abstract works and cites artists like Piet Mondrian, Constatin Brancusi, and Hans Arp as inspiration. He did, however, receive a traditional art education at Columbia University so we can assume he also made many figurative works at least during that time.