$3,175
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part I
Auction: February 27, 2024 at 12 PM ET
Charcoal on paper
10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (26 x 19.7cm)
Executed circa 1956.
The Artist.
Private Collection.
Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Sotheby's, New York, sale of May 5, 1986, lot 86/iii.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture, 1954-1964,” Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, May 19-October 31, 1982.
David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture, 1954-1964, an exhibition catalogue, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, 1982, p. 37, cat. no. 57 (illustrated).
This drawing is a working study for sculpture from the artist's notebook compiled between 1956-1962.