David Smith (1906-1965), Voltron XXIV

David Smith (1906-1965)
Voltron XXIV
signed, titled and dated 'XXIV Voltron David Smith 3-25-63' (on the base)
steel
98 5/8 x 33 x 13 in. (230.1 x 83.8 x 33 cm.)
Executed in 1963.

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Provenance
Estate of the artist
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Makler, Philadelphia, 1968
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Jessar, Philadelphia
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984

Pre-Lot Text
The Defining Gesture: Modern Masters from the Eppler Family Collection

Literature
G. Carandente, Voltron, Philadelphia, 1964, pp. 59 and 76 (illustrated).
A. C. Kinsler, “Tools, Machinery, Sculpture,” Daily Pennsylvania, 10 February 1964, p. 4 (illustrated).
David Smith, exh. cat., Glens Falls, The Hyde Collection, 1964, no. 15.
David Smith, 1906-1965: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, 1966, p. 81, no. 497.
C. Andreae, “Smith: Sculpture as Identity,” Christian Science Monitor, 09 April 1969, sec. 2, p. 9.
R. E. Krauss, The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1977, p. 109, no. 608 (illustrated and titled Volton XXIV).
American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1978, p. 217.
David Smith, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1982, p. 61, fig. 32 (illustrated at Bolton Landing).
P. Braff, “Noted Works Highlight Sculpture Show,” New York Times, 06 November 1983, p. L135.
C. Smith, The Fields of David Smith, London, 1999, p. 63 (illustrated at Bolton Landing).

Exhibited
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, David Smith: Sculpture and Drawings, February-March 1964, n.p., no. 15 (illustrated).
Ridgefield, The Larry Aldrich Museum, Brandeis University Creative Art Awards 1957-1966: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, April-June 1966, n.p., no. 60.
New York, Riverside Museum, Art and Artists at Sarah Lawrence Through 40 Years, April-June 1968, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, David Smith, March-December 1969, pp. 12, 143 and 152-153, no. 92 (illustrated).
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Inside Philadelphia: Selections from Private Collections, November-December 1972.
Mountainville, Storm King Art Center, Drawings and Sculptures: Noguchi, Calder, and Smith, May-October 1979.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Sculpture: The Tradition in Steel, October 1983-January 1984, n.p., fig. 2, no. 70 (illustrated).
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, n.p., fig. 31 (illustrated).