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David Smith
Don Quixote
Found at
Christies
A Graphic Dialogue: Prints from the Collection of Lois B. Torf, Lot 110
15. Sep - 15. Sep 2021
A Graphic Dialogue: Prints from the Collection of Lois B. Torf, Lot 110
15. Sep - 15. Sep 2021
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 35.000 USD
Price realised: 35.000 USD
Description
DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)
Don Quixote
lithograph with hand-coloring in black gouache, on wove paper, 1952, Schwartz's second (final) state, signed, titled and dated in black ink, annotated 'E 27, Stage 2 E 13' (the total edition was 27, the second state was an edition of approximately 13), with the aritist's estate stamp on the reverse, with wide margins, in good condition
Image: 17 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (451 x 603 mm.)
Sheet: 21 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (540 x 699 mm.)
Don Quixote
lithograph with hand-coloring in black gouache, on wove paper, 1952, Schwartz's second (final) state, signed, titled and dated in black ink, annotated 'E 27, Stage 2 E 13' (the total edition was 27, the second state was an edition of approximately 13), with the aritist's estate stamp on the reverse, with wide margins, in good condition
Image: 17 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (451 x 603 mm.)
Sheet: 21 ¼ x 27 ½ in. (540 x 699 mm.)
Artwork auctioned at seven times the upper estimate price
When the work Don Quixote by David Smith was auctioned at Christies in September 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than seven times as high at USD 35,000.00 (€ 30,232.36). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by David Smith achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Zig I in May 2016 with an auction result of USD 9,210,000.00 (€ 8,271,216.88).
Kunstwerk zum Siebenfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Don Quixote von David Smith im September 2021 bei Christies versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 35.000,00 (€ 30.232,36) mehr als siebenmal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von David Smith erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Zig I im Mai 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 9.210.000,00 (€ 8.271.216,88).