Tony Smith: Bridging Geometry and Industrial Form Anthony Peter Smith (1912 – 1980) stands as a cornerstone of American Minimalist sculpture, an artist whose uncompromising vision reshaped the landscape of postwar art and profoundly impacted architectural design. Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Smith’s early life was marked by illness—a bout of tuberculosis around 1916—which instilled in him a fascination with industrial processes a…