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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 11, 2015 | Christie's | New York | Eve. Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale | 8B | $****** - ****** | Tanktotem VIII |
sculpture
201.9 x 73.7 x 29.2 cm (79.5 x 29 x 11.5 in)
painted steel
Collection of the artist
Estate of the artist
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Otto Gerson Gallery, David Smith: Recent Sculpture, October 1961, no. 2.
Palm Beach, The Society of the Four Arts, Alexander Calder/ Louise Nevelson/ David Smith, March–April 1971, no. 31 (illustrated).
Mountainville, Storm King Art Center, David Smith Exhibition, September-October 1976, p. 16.
Mountainville, Storm King Art Center, The Fields of David Smith (Part III), May–November 1999, p. 142.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne and London, Tate Modern, David Smith: a Centennial, February 2006-January 2007, pp. 325, 327 and 448, no. 84 (illustrated in color).
G. Dorfles, "David Smith: A Lesson in Modernity," Metro, no. 4-5, 1961, fig. 4 and 8 (illustrated).<br>V. Raynor, "In the Galleries," Arts, v. 26, no. 2, November 1961, p. 38 (illustrated).<br>F. O'Hara, "David Smith: The Color of Steel," Art News, v. 60, no. 8, December 1961, p. 33 (illustrated).<br>U. Gertz, Plastik der Gegenwart, 3rd edition, Berlin, 1964, pp. 220-221 and 263 (illustrated).<br>David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1966, p. 78, no. 395 (illustrated).<br>C. Gray, ed., David Smith by David Smith, New York, 1968, pp. 127 and 176 (illustrated).<br>A. Hammacher, The Evolution of Modern Sculpture, New York, 1969, p. 298, fig. 338 (illustrated).<br>R. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York and London, 1977, p. 91, no. 495 (illustrated).<br>David Smith: Seven Major Themes, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1982, p. 55, fig. 27 (illustrated).<br>L. Siegel, "An American Rilke: The Sculpture of David Smith," Slate.com, 9 February 2006, n.p. (illustrated in color).<br>B. Gopnik, "'David Smith: A Centennial' at the Guggenheim," Washington Post, 12 March 2006, pp. N1 and N4 (illustrated).<br>K. Marshall, "An Artistic Giant Among Us," Post Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.), 9 April 2006, p. B1 (illustrated in color).<br>K. E. Silver, "The Colossus of Bolton Landing," Art in America, October 2006, p. 160 (illustrated in color).<br>S. Hamill, David Smith: Works, Writings, Interviews, Barcelona, 2011, pp. 106 and 130-131 (illustrated in color).<br>J. Pachner, David Smith, London, 2013, p. 141, fig. 116 (illustrated in color).
