David Smith Cloistral Landscape

The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
David Smith
1906 - 1965

Cloistral Landscape
incised David Smith and stamp-dated 1946 (on the base)
steel, stainless steel, bronze and paint
11¾ by 24½ by 7¾ in.
29.8 by 62.2 by 19.7 cm.
Executed in 1946.

Condition Report:
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. Upon extremely close inspection and under raking light, there are minor and unobtrusive scratches visible on the base which are inherent to the artist's working method and chosen medium. There are a few minor and unobtrusive rub marks scattered throughout. As expected with a sculpture of this construction, a light dust has settled in the crevices.

Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Dr. and Mrs. John Cook, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 2 May 1972, lot 131
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dorsky, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 12 May 1981, lot 23
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby's New York, 2 May 1988, lot 8
Acquired from the above by the present owner