$2,794
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part I
Auction: February 27, 2024 at 12 PM ET
Ink on paper
Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (27 x 21cm)
Executed in 1962.
The Artist.
Private Collection.
Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Sotheby's, New York, sale of May 5, 1986, lot 86/ii.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"David Smith, Drawings for Sculpture: 1954-1964," Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 26-May 30, 1981.
“David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture, 1954-1964,” Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, May 19-October 31, 1982.
Gerald Nordland, David Smith, Drawings for Sculpture: 1954-1964, an exhibition catalogue, Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, 1981, no. 36.
David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture, 1954–1964, an exhibition catalogue, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 1982, p. 42, no. 71 (illustrated).
E.A. Carmean, Jr. David Smith: Seven Major Themes, an exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., p. 137, fig. 7 (illustrated).
This drawing is a working study for sculpture from the artist's notebook compiled between 1956-1962.