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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 15, 2013 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 143 | $****** - ****** | Two Wing Circle | |||
May 3, 1988 | Christie's | New York | Contemporary & Modern Sculpture from Kaplan Collection | 9 | Estimates not disclosed | Two Wing Circle |
sculpture
66 x 43.2 x 27.9 cm (25.98 x 17.01 x 10.98 in)
bronze
incised with the artist's monogram and twice with the date 12-4-61 and 1961 on the underside
Estate of the artist
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
Richard and Riva Kaplan, Philadelphia (acquired from the above in 1966)
Christie's, New York, May 3, 1988, lot 9
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exh. Cat., Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum (and travelling), David Smith 1906-1965. A Retrospective Exhibition, 1966, cat. no. 405; Exh. Cat., Glens Falls, The Hyde Collection, David Smith of Bolton Landing: Sculpture and Drawings, 1973, illustrated (group photo); Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1977, cat. no. 532, illustrated; Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, David Smith: Seven Major Themes, 1982, fig. 35, p. 64, illustrated (group photo); Exh. Cat., New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (and travelling), David Smith: A Centennial, 2006, pp. 38 and 432, illustrated (group photos); Exh. Cat., New York, Knoedler & Company, Seeing David Smith: Photographs by Dan Budnik, 2006, fig. 4 and 13, illustrated; Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, David Smith, 2006, cat. no. XI, p. 13, illustrated; Sarah Hamill, David Smith: Works, Writings, Interview, Barcelona, 2011, p. 12, illustrated (group photo)
