Tony SMITH ((1912-1980))
For J.C. - 1969
Black... Lot 1028
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Tony SMITH ((1912-1980))
For J.C. - 1969
Black patina bronze
Signed, dated and numbered (incorrect numbering) below "Tony Smith, 1969 - 1/3".
Edition of 6
Provenance: Lee Eastman Collection (gift of the artist)
Tony Smith Estate
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private collection
Sale, New York, Christie's, May 12, 2011, lot 143
Acquired at this sale by the current owner
Exhibitions: New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture", December 1970-February 1971, reproduced p. 56 (a similar example)
Newark, Newark Museum and New Jersey State Council on the Arts, "Nine Sculptures by Tony Smith", October-November 1970 (a similar copy)
Travelling exhibition: Montclair, Montclair Art Museum, November 1970-January 1971; Princeton, Art Museum of Princeton University, January-February 1971: Trenton, New Jersey State Museumn February-April 1971
New York, M. Knoedler & Co, Inc, "Tony Smith: Recent Sculpture", March-April 1971, reproduced p. 24 (a similar example)
Cambridge, Bakalar Sculpture gallery, Lis Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Tony Smith: the shape of space", January-April 1987 (a similar copy)
Madrid, Fundación Torre Picasso, "For...Series", June-July 1992 (a similar copy)
Touring exhibition: Bilbao, Sala Rekalde, December 1992-January 1993; Nice, Galerie Carrée, Villa Arson, January-March 1993; Geneva, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, September 1993-January 1994; Saint-Étienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, May-July 1994; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, September 1994-January 1995
Bibliography: L. Lippard, "Tony Smith: Talk about Sculpture", Artnews, April 1971, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 48, 68-72.
L. Lippard, "Tony Smith", Editions Thames & Hudson, London, 1972, reproduced as no. 62, p. 81 (a similar example).
We would like to thank the Tony Smith Estate for the information they kindly provided.
Bronze with black patina; signed, dated and numbered (incorrectly) underneath; edition of 6
Lot temporarily imported.
The buyer will be required to pay import duties, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union.
This work is in temporary import.
The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union.
203.20 x 203.20 x 144.70 cm
Tony SMITH ((1912-1980))
We would like to thank the Tony Smith Estate for the information they kindly provided.
Bronze with black patina; signed, dated and numbered (incorrectly) underneath; edition of 6
Lot temporarily imported.
The buyer will be required to pay import duties, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union.
This work is in temporary import.
The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union.
203.20 x 203.20 x 144.70 cm
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