Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Auction Closed

May 13, 09:05 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

David Smith

1906 - 1965

Structure 38


steel on stainless steel base

25 ¾ by 25 by 17 in. 65.4 by 63.5 by 43.2 cm.

Executed in 1956.

Please note there is a guarantee and irrevocable bid on this lot.
Collection of the artist
Collection of Malcolm Bosse, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2002
Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York and London 1977, fig. 383, p. 73, illustrated
New York, French & Company, Inc., Sculpture by David Smith, February 1960, no. 42, illustrated
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; San Antonio Museum of Art, David Smith: Painter, Sculptor, Draftsman, November 1982 - June 1983, no. 119