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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2024 | Tanktotem X | 11 | Christie's | New York | |||
sculpture
156.8 x 114.9 x 61 cm (61.75 x 45.25 x 24 in)
steel and paint
incised with the artist"s name, date and title ‘David Smith TNK X 11/60" (on the base)
Estate of the artist.
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York.
Dr. and Mrs. Friedrich Moeller, Paris (acquired from the above, 1969).
Achim Moeller Ltd., London (on consignment from the above).
Alistair McAlpine, London (acquired from the above, 1973).
Waddington Galleries, London (acquired from the above, 1973).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1973.
New York, Otto Gerson Gallery, David Smith: Recent Sculpture , October 1961, no. 4 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Oberlin College, Allen Memorial Art Museum; Macon, Mercer University; Reno, University of Nevada; Tacoma Art League; Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art; Oswego, State University of New York; Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art Galleries; Northfield, Carleton College; Cedar Rapids, Coe College and Claremont, Pomona College, The U.S. Government Art Projects: Some Distinguished Alumni , February 1963-February 1964.
Glens Falls, Hyde Collection, David Smith , June-July 1964, no. 20 (titled Tnk X ).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, David Smith , March-November 1969.
Bloomington, Indiana University Art Museum, Noguchi & Rickey & Smith , November-December 1970, pp. 37-38 (illustrated in situ in the exhibition, p. 42; illustrated in situ in the exhibition on the inside back cover).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, David Smith: A Centennial , February-May 2006, p. 327 (illustrated in color, pl. 83; illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 449).
H. Kramer, “Rzezbiarstwo Davida Smitha [David Smith Sculpture]” in Ameryka , no. 42, 1960, p. 46 (illustrated).
F. O"Hara, “David Smith: The color of steel” in Art News , vol. 60, no. 8, December 1961, pp. 32 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing, pp. 33-34, fig. 4).
V. Raynor and S. Tillim, “In the Galleries” in Arts Magazine , vol. 36, no. 2, November 1961, p. 38 (titled No. 4 ).
L.J. Ahlander, “WPA Show Puts the Past in Focus” in The Washington Post , 14 July 1963, p. G8 (titled Tanktotem ).
C. Gray, David Smith by David Smith , New York, 1964, p. 124 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing).
J.H. Cone, David Smith, 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition , exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1966, p. 78, no. 397.
G. McCoy, ed., David Smith , New York, 1973, pp. 33-34 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 33, pl. 1; illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 34, pl. 2).
B. Diamonstein, ed., The Art World: A Seventy-Five-Year Treasury of ARTnews , New York, 1977, p. 310 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing).
R. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York, 1977, p. 91, no. 497 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing, fig. 497).
E.A. Carmean, Jr., David Smith: Seven Major Themes , exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982, p. 49 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 55, fig. 27).
M.J. Bandler, ”Portfolio: David Smith” in Trends , October 1983, p. 63 (illustrated).
S.M.L. Aronson, "Classical Cool: Mica and Ahmet Ertegun"s town house reflects a discerning couple"s original taste" in House & Garden , March 1987, p.108 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
P.A. Caracciolo, "Ahmet y Mica Ertegun: La Fuerza y La Tersura" in Cases & Gente , vol. 7, no. 71, October 1992, pp. 49-50 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
A. Moeller, In Good Hands: 25 Years of Art in the Life of a Dealer , New York, 1997, pp. 64-65 and 95-96 (illustrated in color).
A. Tapert, "Mica Ertegun: Fine-Tuning an Enduring Arrangement in Manhattan" in Architectural Digest , vol. 54, no. 7, September 1997, pp. 170 and 173 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).
David Smith, Sculptures 1933-1964, exh. cat., Musée national d"art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2006, pp. 56-57 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing).
G. Leinz, David Smith, Working Surface: Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, 1932-1963 , exh. cat., Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Zentrum Internationaler Skulptur, Duisburg, 2009, p. 35 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing).
A. Lorscheider, “Stahlzeichnung” in Westfälische Anzeiger , 19 March 2009.
S. Hamill, David Smith: Works, Writings and Interview , Barcelona, 2011, p. 108 (illustrated in color, p. 109; illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 131).
R. Peabody, ed., Anglo-American Exchange in Postwar Sculpture : 1945-1975, Los Angeles, 2011, pp. 99 and 101 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 102, fig. 5).
S.B. Frank, David Smith Invents , exh. cat., Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 2011, pp. 41 and 50-51 (illustrated in situ at Bolton Landing, p. 50).
J. Pachner, David Smith , London, 2013, p. 14 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, pl. 116).
S. Hamill, David Smith in Two Dimensions: Photography and the Matter of Sculpture , Oakland, 2015, pp. 20-21, 133-134, 136-137 and 140 (illustrated in color, pls. 30-35, 37 and 42).
P. Stevens, N.R. Wenman and M. White, David Smith: Form in Color , exh. cat., Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, 2016, pp. 23 and 124 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, pp. 23 and 124).
S.J. Cooke, ed., David Smith: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Interviews , Oakland, 2018, p. 435 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, pl. 30).
J. Field, David Smith: Follow My Path , exh. cat., New York, Hauser & Wirth, 2021, p. 35 (illustrated in color in situ at Bolton Landing, fig. 29).
C. Lyon, ed., David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932-1965 , Essays, Chronology, References , New Haven and London, 2021, vol. 1, p. 189, no. 565 (illustrated in color, p. 191).
C. Lyon, ed., David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932-1965 , 1954-1965 , New Haven and London, 2021, vol. 3, pp. 216-217, no. 565 (illustrated in color).
DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)
Tanktotem X
incised with the artist"s name, date and title ‘David Smith TNK X 11/60" (on the base)
steel and paint
61 ¾ x 45 ¼ x 24 in. (156.8 x 114.9 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1960
