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David Smith

Untitled

Lot Closed

December 18, 07:45 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

David Smith

1906 - 1965

Untitled


inscribed △Σ 851; stamped with the artist's estate stamp and numbered 73-51.8 on the reverse

black egg ink, tempera, and oil on paper

Sheet: 17 by 20¼ in. (43.2 by 51.4 cm.)

Framed: 25 by 30¼ in. (63.5 by 76.8 cm.)

Executed in 1951.

The Estate of David Smith
Knoedler Gallery, New York
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2020
New York, Knoedler Gallery, David Smith: Sculpture, Painting and Drawing of the Fifties, November – December 1984, no. 12, p. 6, illustrated (as △Σ 851)
Tokyo, Akira Ikeda Gallery, David Smith: Sculpture and Drawings, May – June 1988, no. 5, n.p., illustrated in color