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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 4, 2015 | Sotheby's | New York | The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Masterworks | 49 | $****** - ****** | forging II |
sculpture
172.7 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm (67.99 x 9.25 x 9.25 in)
stainless steel
Estate of the artist Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York Mrs. Nahum Goldman, Paris (acquired from the above on September 27, 1969) Guido and Michael Goldman, Cambridge, Massachusetts (by descent from the above and sold:
Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1985, lot 51) Acquired at the above sale by A. Alfred Taubman
New York, Willard Gallery, David Smith: Sculpture - Drawings, 1954-1956, March 6 - 31, 1956, illustrated (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955 and 1956) São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, V São Paulo Bienal, U.S. Representation: Smith, Guston, Francis, Kadish, Frankenthaler, Goldberg, Kohn, Leslie, Marca-Relli, Metcalf, Mitchell, Rauschenberg, September 21 - December 31, 1959, no. 37 New York, Gagosian Gallery, David Smith: The Forgings, October 29, 2013 - January 11, 2014, illustrated in color in the catalogue pp. 26 (at Bolton Landing circa 1956), 27 and 86, illustrated in the catalogue pp. 8, 31 and 66 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955 and 1956) (incorrect size)
Jane Harrison Cone, David Smith 1906-1965. A Retrospective Exhibition (exhibition catalogue), Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966, fig. 29, illustrated p. 47 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) and no. 267, listed p. 74 Rosalind E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York and London, 1977, no. 334, illustrated and listed p. 66 (incorrect size) Stanley E. Marcus, David Smith: The Sculptor and His Work, Ithaca, 1983, fig. 50, illustrated p. 129 Carmen Giménez, David Smith: 1906-1965 (exhibition catalogue), IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzàlez, Valencia & Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1996, illustrated p. 265 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) Sarah B. Kianovsky, "Annotated Checklist of Sculptures," David Smith: A Centennial (exhibition catalogue), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York & Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou & Tate Modern, London, 2006, illustrated p. 315 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) Éric de Chassey, "..Un embouteillage de sculptures..," David Smith. Sculptures 1933-1964 (exhibition catalogue), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris & Tate Modern, London, 2006, fig. 13, illustrated p. 61 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) Alex Potts, David Smith: Personnage (exhibition catalogue), Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2006, illustrated pp. 92 and 98 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) Sarah Hamill, David Smith: Works, Writings, Interview, Barcelona, 2011, illustrated p. 76 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) Joan Pachner, David Smith, London, 2013, fig. 67, illustrated pp. 82-83 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) Roberta Smith, "The Silent Totems of a Restless Quest: 'David Smith: The Forgings' at Gagosian Gallery," New York Times, January 2, 2014, illustrated in color p. C24 Sarah Hamill, "Picturing Autonomy: David Smith, Photography and Sculpture," Art History, v. 37, no. 3, June 2014, illustrated in color p. 545 and illustrated p. 559 . Sarah Hamill, David Smith in Two Dimensions: Photography and the Matter of Sculpture, Oakland, California, 2015, pl. 16, illustrated in color (at Bolton Landing, circa 1956) and fig. 66, illustrated p. 114 (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955) and illustrated in color on the cover (at Bolton Landing, circa 1955)
