Student

Artist G. Alden Smith (American, 1912-1993)

Date1948

MediumCarved stone relief

Dimensions42 x 36 inches

ClassificationsSculpture

Object numberUAC223

DescriptionStudent is an allegorical figure representing youth and learning. G. Alden Smith carved smooth, rounded shapes into the porous stone, developing the figure as a series of forms linked into a complex whole. Smith taught at WSU from 1940 – 1983. He helped foster Detroit’s Cass Corridor art movement of the 1960’s and 70’s and founded Common Ground, an inexpensive cooperative studio for young Detroit artists.

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