Lot Essay
The artist has been the element of nature, and the arbiter of nature; he who has sat on a cloud and viewed it from afar, but at the same time has identified himself as one of nature's parts.
—David Smith
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Property from a Private Collection
David Smith (1906-1965)
Untitled (The Rooster)
Details
David Smith (1906-1965)
Untitled (The Rooster)
steel on wood base
overall: 19 ½ x 9 7/8 x 8 in. (49.5 x 25.1 x 20 cm.)
Executed circa 1937-1938.
Untitled (The Rooster)
steel on wood base
overall: 19 ½ x 9 7/8 x 8 in. (49.5 x 25.1 x 20 cm.)
Executed circa 1937-1938.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh
Private collection, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1976
Private collection, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1976
Literature
R. E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1977, p. 11, no. 72 (illustrated).
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The artist has been the element of nature, and the arbiter of nature; he who has sat on a cloud and viewed it from afar, but at the same time has identified himself as one of nature's parts.
—David Smith