David Smith (1906-1965)
Lot 298 Property from the Estate of Edward Fry

David Smith (1906-1965)

Untitled

Closed10 September 2007

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USD 67,000

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David Smith (1906-1965)
Untitled
signed and dated 'David Smith Nov 25-50' (lower right)
ink on paper
18 x 23 in. (45.7 x 58.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1950.

Dorothy Dehner, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"Drawing is the Most Direct, closest to the true self, the most natural liberation of man-and if I may guess, back to the action of very early man, it may have been the very first celebration of man with his secret self--even before song."
(David Smith as quoted in A. Kirili, David Smith: Between Eros and Thanatos, Valencia, 2004, p. 122).