David Smith
Zig I
Estimate: 8.000.000 - 12.000.000 USD
Price realised: 9.210.000 USD
Price realised: 9.210.000 USD
Description
David Smith
1906 - 1965
ZIG I
inscribed with the artist's signature, titled and dated 4-15-1961 on the lowest horizontal plane
painted steel
96 1/2 by 57 by 32 1/4 in. 245.1 by 144.8 by 81.9 cm.
Estate of the Artist | Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York | Catherine Schlumberger Jones, Washington, D.C. | Sotheby's, New York, November 6, 1990, Lot 12 (consigned by the estate of the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
1906 - 1965
ZIG I
inscribed with the artist's signature, titled and dated 4-15-1961 on the lowest horizontal plane
painted steel
96 1/2 by 57 by 32 1/4 in. 245.1 by 144.8 by 81.9 cm.
Estate of the Artist | Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York | Catherine Schlumberger Jones, Washington, D.C. | Sotheby's, New York, November 6, 1990, Lot 12 (consigned by the estate of the above) | Acquired from the above by the present owner
A top price for David Smith - as previously expected
The work Zig I by David Smith was sold in the Contemporary Art Evening Auction auction at Sothebys in New York in May 2016. The price achieved of USD 9,210,000.00 (€ 8,271,216.88) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 8,000,000.00 – 12,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Zig I is the most expensive artwork by David Smith that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Zig I von David Smith wurde im Mai 2016 in der Auktion Contemporary Art Evening Auction bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 9.210.000,00 (€ 8.271.216,88) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 8.000.000,00 – 12.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Zig I das teuerste Kunstwerk von David Smith, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
David Smith - Auction history
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