Lot 97
  • 97

David Smith

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • David Smith
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 9/26/52
  • ink and tempera on paper
  • 15 1/2 by 20 1/2 in. 39.4 by 52.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1952, this work is stamped and numbered 7352.167 by the Estate of David Smith on the reverse.

Provenance

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

Literature

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, David Smith: Works on Paper, 1990, p. 19, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. All edges are deckled and there are artist's pinholes on all four corners. There is a slight undulation to the sheet. Framed under Plexiglas.
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