Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
David Smith
Cloistral Landscape
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:15 PM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 1,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
David Smith
1906 - 1965
Cloistral Landscape
incised David Smith and stamp-dated 1946 (on the base)
steel, stainless steel, bronze and paint
11¾ by 24½ by 7¾ in.
29.8 by 62.2 by 19.7 cm.
Executed in 1946.
Estate of the artist
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Dr. and Mrs. John Cook, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 2 May 1972, lot 131
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 12 May 1981, lot 23
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby's New York, 2 May 1988, lot 8
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Dr. and Mrs. John Cook, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 2 May 1972, lot 131
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 12 May 1981, lot 23
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby's New York, 2 May 1988, lot 8
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Emily Genauer, “Works of Young Sculptors Burst the Bonds of Space,” New York Herald Tribune, 6 August 1950, sec. 5, p. 5
Belle Krasne, “Three Who Carry the Acetylene Torch of Modernism,” Art Digest 25, no. 14, 15 April 1951, p. 14
Progressive Architecture, Vol.XXXI no. 10, October 1950, p. 17, illustrated
Justus Bier, "Art: Junior Gallery Exhibit Emphasizes Modern Sculpture Processes," Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), 21 January 1951, p. 16
Arthur Millier, “Sculpture Changes with Trends, Times: Exhibit at County Museum Stresses Use of Moern Techniques in Art,” Los Angeles Times, 27 January 1952, part IV, p. 6
Joy Hakanson, “Seligmann, Smith at Museum; Gropper Solo Opens Monday,” Detroit Free Press, 20 February 1955, n.p.
Miriam Duncan Cross, “’Expressionism, 1900-1955’ Registers Enormous Impact, Oakland Tribune, 1 July 1956, p 8C
Exh. Cat., Boston, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1966, p. 70
Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York and London, 1977, no. 200, p. 39, illustrated
David Cohen, “Between Whimsey & Gravity: The Sculpture of David Smith,” Metalsmith, Vol. 26, no. 5, 2006, pp. 37 and 39, illustrated in color
Kenneth E. Silver, “The Colossus of Bolton Landing,” Art in America, October 2006, pp. 154 and 159, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, David Smith Sculptures 1933-1964, 2006, p. 40
Alan Gouk, “Steel Sculpture Part I: From Gabo to Caro.” Abstract Critical, 17 April 2014, p.5
Christopher Lyon, David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932-1965, New Haven and London, 2021, no. 240, p. 283
Belle Krasne, “Three Who Carry the Acetylene Torch of Modernism,” Art Digest 25, no. 14, 15 April 1951, p. 14
Progressive Architecture, Vol.XXXI no. 10, October 1950, p. 17, illustrated
Justus Bier, "Art: Junior Gallery Exhibit Emphasizes Modern Sculpture Processes," Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), 21 January 1951, p. 16
Arthur Millier, “Sculpture Changes with Trends, Times: Exhibit at County Museum Stresses Use of Moern Techniques in Art,” Los Angeles Times, 27 January 1952, part IV, p. 6
Joy Hakanson, “Seligmann, Smith at Museum; Gropper Solo Opens Monday,” Detroit Free Press, 20 February 1955, n.p.
Miriam Duncan Cross, “’Expressionism, 1900-1955’ Registers Enormous Impact, Oakland Tribune, 1 July 1956, p 8C
Exh. Cat., Boston, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1966, p. 70
Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York and London, 1977, no. 200, p. 39, illustrated
David Cohen, “Between Whimsey & Gravity: The Sculpture of David Smith,” Metalsmith, Vol. 26, no. 5, 2006, pp. 37 and 39, illustrated in color
Kenneth E. Silver, “The Colossus of Bolton Landing,” Art in America, October 2006, pp. 154 and 159, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, David Smith Sculptures 1933-1964, 2006, p. 40
Alan Gouk, “Steel Sculpture Part I: From Gabo to Caro.” Abstract Critical, 17 April 2014, p.5
Christopher Lyon, David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932-1965, New Haven and London, 2021, no. 240, p. 283