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Inv. n°: CL86

First Ovals

Recto: long left vertical edge, at bottom: David Smith 1958. Verso on stretcher: signed, titled, and dated. SMIDA74155 / 7558.002. Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Art.

Unframed: h. 249.3 x w. 131.6 cmFramed: h. 235.5 x w. 135.7 x d. 6.9 cm
1958
Spray enamel on canvas

Provenance

  • The Estate of David Smith
  • Makler Gallery, Philadelphia
  • Private collection, May 7, 1976
  • Sotheby's, Contemporary Art Day Auction, New York, May 15, 2008, lot 138
  • Estate of David Smith
  • Acquired at Hauser & Wirth, Venice Biennale, Venice, 2017

Publications

  • French & Company (ed.), David Smith: Paintings and Drawings, New York, 1959, no. 15, ill.
  • Knoedler Contemporary Art (ed.), David Smith: Paintings, New York, New York, 1976, check list no. 11
  • Sotheby's, Contemporary Art Day Auction, 2008, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/contemporary-art-day-auction-n08442/lot.138.html
  • S. Behrends Frank, David Smith Invents, The Phillips Collection, 2011, p. 40, ill. in colour
  • S. Behrends Frank, "David Smith Invents", The Phillips Collection Magazine, Winter, Washington D.C., 2011, p. 6, ill. in colour
  • D. Breslin (ed.), Raw Color. The Circles of David Smith, The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA, 2014, no. 10, pp. 36, 63, 68, ill. in colour
  • D. Breslin, "David Smith's Sites: From the Adirondacks to the Berkshires", Journal of the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA, 2014, no. 14, p. 17, ill. in colour
  • J. Lueddeckens (ed.), Sprayed. Works from 1929-2015, Gagosian Gallery, London, 2015, p. 155, ill. in colour
  • J. Corbett, N. de Monchaux (ed.), Sprayed: Works from 1929-2015, Gagosian Gallery, London, 2015, p. 78, detail, ill. in colour
  • M. White, P. Stevens, N. Wenman (ed.), David Smith. Form in Color, Hauser and Wirth, Zurich, 2016, p. 51, installation view in colour, p. 69, installation view in colour, p. 71, ill. in colour, pp. 72- 73, detail in colour, p. 143
  • "Exhibitions: David Smith: Form in Colour, 12th June-17th September 2016, Zürich", Hauser & Wirth, , [On-line]. Available at: https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/5674-david-smith-form-in-colour

Exhibitions

  • David Smith: Paintings and Drawings, French & Company, New York, USA, September 16, 1959 — October 10, 1959
  • David Smith: Paintings, Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, USA, April 24, 1976 — May 13, 1976
  • David Smith Invents, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., USA, February 12, 2011 — February 15, 2011
  • Raw Color. The Circles of David Smith, The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA, July 4, 2014 — October 19, 2014
  • Sprayed: Works from 1929-2015, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK, June 11, 2015 — August 1, 2015
  • David Smith. Form in Colour, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland, June 12, 2016 — September 17, 2016
  • Hauser & Wirth, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, May 1, 2017 — November 1, 2017
  • David Smith. Field Work, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, UK, September 27, 2019 — January 5, 2020

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