Lot 18
  • 18

David Smith

Estimate
35,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • David Smith
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 2-26-1957
  • ink and tempera on paper
  • 29 3/4 by 42 1/4 in. 74.4 by 107.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1957, this work is stamped and numbered 7357.021 by the Estate of David Smith on the reverse.

Provenance

Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; London, Serpentine Gallery; Detroit Institute of Art; Berkeley, University Art Museum, David Smith: The Drawings, 1979-1981, p. 118, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. All edges are deckled. There are two small creases towards the center of the lower edge. The sheet is hinged verso intermittently along the edges to the backing board. Framed under Plexiglas.
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