Resin Coated Box Nails 1973

Tony Smith drew this sketch of "Resin Coated Box Nails" on December 4th, 1973. It's a simple drawing, but I can imagine Tony Smith, pen in hand, figuring something out. You know? He's thinking about angles, about how things fit together. What's so amazing is that these little marks, like, the red square, they aren’t just lines. They’re a portal into the artist’s mind. I feel like I'm seeing the ghost of his thinking, of how he sees the world. The writing too, gives it all a slightly different tone. I feel like there's a joke in here that I'm almost getting, something about language and measurement, and the real. I feel that connection. It’s like a conversation, a little nod across time. I love that.