Lot 119
  • 119

David Smith

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • David Smith
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated April 25 - 59
  • watercolor, tempera and oil on paper
  • 27 1/4 by 39 3/4 in. 69.3 by 100.8 cm.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 1977

Condition

This work is in good condition. There is a slight ripple to the sheet, presumably due to the media application. The top and bottom edges are uneven. There are artist's pinholes in all four corners. There is a faint liquid accretion at the center top edge. There is fine and unobtrusive cracks in the thicker areas of brown impasto. Framed under Plexiglas. This work has not been examined out of the frame.
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