$13,970
Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part II
Auction: February 28, 2024 at 12 PM ET
Titled, dated ‘56-57’ and inscribed with specifications at upper right, ink on paper
Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27 x 21.3cm)
The Artist.
Private collection.
Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Sotheby's, New York, sale of May 5, 1986, lot 86/i.
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, no. 26.
“David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture, 1954–1964,” Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, May 19-October 31, 1982, no. 56.
“David Smith: Workbook Drawings for Sculpture, 1954–1964,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 28-August 21, 1983.
Gerald Nordland, David Smith, Drawings for Sculpture: 1954–1964, an exhibition catalogue, Mekler Gallery, Los Angeles, 1981, no. 26.
David Smith: Drawings for Sculpture, 1954–1964, an exhibition catalogue, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 1982, p. 37, no. 56 (illustrated).
E. A. Carmean, Jr., David Smith: Seven Major Themes, an exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982, fig. 5 , p. 92 (illustrated).