David Smith
Vertical Pistol Structure , 1952 (Executed)
Lot #299 |
2024-05-14 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Day Auction
Category:
Sculpture
Estimate:
USD 700,000 - 1,000,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11425
Auction name: Contemporary Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2024-05-14
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Sculpture & 3D Art
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Dimensions: 46 by 15 ¾ by 15 ¼ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
116.8
Width In Centimeters:
40
Depth In Centimeters:
38.7
Height In Inches:
46
Width In Inches:
15.75
Depth In Inches:
15.25
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Year notes: Executed in 1952.
Provenance
Estate of the artist Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich Acquired from the above in August 2011 by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Kootz Gallery, David Smith: New Sculpture , January - February 1953, no. 17 Boston, Margaret Brown Gallery, Modern Sculpture Show , September - October 1953 Detroit Institute of Arts, Works in Progress: David Smith Metal Sculptures , February - March 1955 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One-Hundred and Fifty-First Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture , January - February 1956, no. 171 New York, Knoedler Gallery, David Smith: Small Sculptures , March - April 1976 Mountainville, New York, Storm King Art Center, David Smith , May - October 1976, p. 13 Washington, D.C., International Sculpture Center; Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art and Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, David Smith , April - November 1994, no. 25, p. 46, illustrated Mountainville, Storm King Art Center, The Fields of David Smith (Part I ) , May - November 1997, p. 9 and p. 141 Bronxville, Sarah Lawrence College, Forging New Visions: Teaching the Visual Arts at Sarah Lawrence College , November - December 2004, p. 19, illustrated in color and p. 23
Literature
Exh. Cat., Boston, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition , 1966, no. 222, p. 73 Noel Frackman, "Art Reviews," Arts Magazine 50 , no. 10, New York, June 1976, p. 21 Rosalind Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné , London, 1977, no. 284, p. 58, illustrated D. Dominick Lombardi, "ART REVIEWS; The Subtle Dynamics of Geometry in the Everyday World," The New York Times , 5 December 2004, Section WC, p. 14 Christopher Lyon, Ed., David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932 - 1965, Volume One Essays, Chronology, References , New Haven and London, 2021, no. 222, p. 356 Christopher Lyon, Ed., David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1932 - 1965, Volume Two 1932 - 1953 , New Haven and London, 2021, no. 313, pp. 392, illustrated in color and p. 393, illustrated
Catalog summary
Lot Details Description David Smith 1906 - 1965 Vertical Pistol Sculpture incised with the artist's signature and date 1952 (on a metal plaque) steel 46 by 15 ¾ by 15 ¼ in. 116.8 by 40 by 38.7 cm. Executed in 1952. Provenance Estate of the artist Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich Acquired from the above in August 2011 by the present owner Exhibited New York, Kootz Gallery, David Smith: New Sculpture , January - February 1953, no. 17 Boston, Margaret Brown Gallery, Modern Sculpture Show , September - October 1953 Detroit Institute of Arts, Works in Progress: David Smith Metal Sculptures , February - March 1955 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One-Hundred and Fifty-First Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture , January - February 1956, no. 171 New York, Knoedler Gallery, David Smith: Small Sculptures , March - April 1976 Mountainville, New York, Storm King Art Center, David Smith , May - October 1976, p. 13 Washington, D.C., International Sculpture Center; Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art and Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, David Smith , April - November 1994, no. 25, p. 46, illustrated Mountainville, Storm King Art Center, The Fields of David Smith (Part I ) , May - November 1997, p. 9 and p. 141 Bronxville, Sarah Lawrence College, Forging New Visions: Teaching the Visual Arts at Sarah Lawrence College , November - December 2004, p. 19, illustrated in color and p. 23 Literature Exh. Cat., Boston, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, David Smith 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition , 1966, no. 222, p. 73 Noel Frackman, "Art Reviews," Arts Magazine 50 , no. 10, New York, June 1976, p. 21 Rosalind Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ© , London, 1977, no. 284, p. 58, illustrated D. Dominick Lombardi, "ART REVIEWS; The Subtle Dynamics of Geometry in the Everyday World," The New York Times , 5 December 2004, Section WC, p. 14 Christopher Lyon, Ed., David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, 1932 - 1965, Volume One Essays, Chronology, References , New Haven and London, 2021, no. 222, p. 356 Christopher Lyon, Ed., David Smith Sculpture: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, 1932 - 1965, Volume Two 1932 - 1953 , New Haven and London, 2021, no. 313, pp. 392, illustrated in color and p. 393, illustrated