Live Auction 20746A Graphic Dialogue: Prints from the Collection of Lois B. Torf
DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)
Lot 110

DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)

Don Quixote

Closed15 September 2021

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DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)
Don Quixote
lithograph with hand-coloring in black gouache, on wove paper, 1952, Schwartz's second (final) state, signed, titled and dated in black ink, annotated 'E 27, Stage 2 E 13' (the total edition was 27, the second state was an edition of approximately 13), with the aritist's estate stamp on the reverse, with wide margins, in good condition
Image: 17 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (451 x 603 mm.)
Sheet: 21 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (540 x 699 mm.)

Specialist note

After several years away from printmaking Smith decided to approach the medium again, this time experimenting with lithography. Don Quixote was his first effort in the medium and the artist was so anxious to begin the process he did not wish to wait for the master printer Margaret Lowengrund to return to the Woodstock studio, instead entrusting the task to her new assistant Michael Ponce de Léon. The two worked their way through the process and when they required water, which was not available in the studio, they reverted to using the large supply of beer immediately on hand as an alternative.