The Eccentric Art of Lewis Smith: Writings

These vary from all text to a combination of text and graphics. The themes reflect his obsessions. They require more attention, but are extremely interesting. Most are 12" by 17", double sided, on panels cut from brown paper bags. The writings tell a bit of the story of Lewis. They are certainly worth looking at the larger images to read. The excerpts below are only a small bit of the writing on each page. From our research we are finding out that Lewis Smith was well liked, very intelligent with a great memory, and had a vast range of facts - with strange associations of them.

One side: See Your Loan Shark Today ... He Run A 10 Ton Truck 12 Miles To Get A Box Of Carpet Tacks ...   Overall image ... Large overall image Other side: Know Thy Self ... Ebbets Field, N.Y. ... Various currencies. Overall image ... Large overall image LS49: $475.00.

One side: Opposite of Your Self   Overall image ... Large overall image Other side: Do as in the past ... Time Counts All Our Steps ...   Overall image ... Large overall image LS52: $575.00.