Filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, musicologist and occultist--Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an incomparable polymath and seminal figure in the realms of beat culture and avant-garde art.
Smith's kaleidoscopic experimental films have influenced generations of artists and cinephiles, while his landmark three-volume compilation, the Anthology of American Folk Music (1952), laid the foundation for the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
In addition to his ecstatic artwork, Smith is ren.
J & L Books Paper airplanes: the collections of harry smith: catalogue raisonne, volume i, paperback/harry smith
