Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996) was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follower of the hard-edge school. His best-known paintings constitute maximally reduced forms, characterized by just two colors on a canvas meeting in a sharply delineated edge, often on an unframed canvas of unusual shape. His work is represented in many museums in the United States, Europe, and South America. Thanks to a generous bequest from the artist, the Brooklyn Museum owns a number of his works.
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Works in Collection
22 works
Anitou
Leon Polk Smith
1958
Red Wing, Number 1 from the Form Space series
Leon Polk Smith
1979
Torn Drawing
Leon Polk Smith
1961
Untitled
Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1979
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1968
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Leon Polk Smith
1980
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Leon Polk Smith
1979
Exhibitions
5 exhibitionsFeb 25, 1965 – Apr 25, 1965
The Responsive Eye
95 artists · 1 curator
May 11, 1965 – Jul 25, 1965
American Collages
14 artists · 1 curator
Aug 02, 1966 – Oct 02, 1966
20 Drawings: New Acquisitions
20 artists · 1 curator
Apr 29, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969
Tamarind: Homage to Lithography
62 artists · 2 curators
Nov 21, 1985 – Apr 01, 1986
Contemporary Works from the Collection
40 artists · 1 curator