Live Auction 1970Post-War And Contemporary First Open
Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
Lot 234 Robert Smithson: From the Archives of the Galleria George Lester, Rome

Robert Smithson (1938-1973)

Man of Sorrow (The Forsaken)

Closed1 April 2008

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USD 121,000

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Robert Smithson (1938-1973)
Man of Sorrow (The Forsaken)
left: signed, titled, numbered and dated 'R. SMITHSON "MAN OF SORROW" (THE FORSAKEN) No. 1 1961' (on the reverse)
right: signed, titled, numbered and dated 'R. SMITHSON "MAN OF SORROW" (THE FORSAKEN) No. 2 1961' (on the reverse)
diptych--oil on canvas
each: 45 x 25½ in. (115 x 65 cm.)
Painted in 1961. (2)

Acquired from the artist
Estate of George Lester, Connecticut