David Smith was a sculptor born in 1906 in Indiana who studied art in New York. He was influenced by Picasso, Mondrian, Kandinsky and Russian Constructivists. Two of his most famous and expensive sculptures are Cubi XXVIII, formerly housed at the Guggenheim Museum, and Pillar of Sundays, inspired by his memories of the Methodist church. The document provides biographical information about Smith and discusses two of his major artworks.