Tony Smith (1912-1980)
Untitled
dated '4-22-61' (lower left)
ink on paper
11¾ x 17¾ in. (29.7 x 45 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Provenance
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Exhibited
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Tony Smith: A Drawing Retrospective, November 1995-January 1996, p. 52 (illustrated).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor, July 1998-September 1998, p. 83 (illustrated).
Valencia, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Tony Smith: Retrospective, March-May 2002.
Lot Essay
"You can see Smith's sculptural project lurking in the drawings from 1961. I bought this at just the point where my attention was in transit from drawing to sculpture."