Artist:
David Smith
Artwork:
Billiard Player Construction
Size:
41.2 x 52 x 14.2 cm
Medium:
Iron and oil on artist's painted wood base
Creation year:
1937
Marks:
Incised with artist's signature and dated 'David Smith 1937' (on the base)
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
The estate of the artist; Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York; Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition history:
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musee National d'art moderne and London, Tate Modern, David Smith: A Centennial, February 2006-January 2007, p. 284, no. 17 (illustrated in color).Paris, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, June-August 2006, pp. 40, 54, 94-95, 290-91, no. 5 (illustrated)
Christie's New York
Date:
2015-11-11
Lot Number:
112
Low Estimate:
$800000
[+56%]
High Estimate:
$1200000
[+4%]
Hammer Price:
$1250000
Sold For:
$1505000