Lot 302
302
David Smith (1906-1965)
Property from the Estate of Edward Fry
David Smith (1906-1965)

Untitled

Details
David Smith (1906-1965)
Untitled
etching on wove paper
image: 3 7/8 x 3 7/16 in. (9.8 x 8.7 cm.)
sheet: 7¾ x 9 7/8 in. (19.7 x 25.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1945. A rare unrecorded image, one of only a few artist's proofs (it was never editioned).
Provenance
Dorothy Dehner, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Lot Essay

This work is inscribed in the lower margin by Dorothy Dehner. 'There was no edition, only a few artist's proofs. This was made by David Smith D.D. circa 1945- etched, engraved + printed on his own press, Bolton Landing, N.Y. Signed, Dorothy Dehner'.

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