Provenance
Collection of Thure Krarup, Glens Falls (gifted by the artist in 1959)
Collection of Robert Riesman
Christie’s, New York, October 8, 1992, lot 157
Private Collection
Stair Galleries, Hudson, April 21, 2007, lot 146
Umstedart, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008

196

David Smith

A Sketch for a Sculpture (Raven Series)

spray enamel on paper
17 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (44.5 x 29 cm.)
Executed in 1959.

The work is registered with the David Smith Estate under #7359.178PE.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Sold for $43,750

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261
jmccord@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May | On View at 432 and 450 Park Avenue

101
Jean Dubuffet
Corps de dame
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
102
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage (no. 25)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $81,250
103
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage (no. 27)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $81,250
104
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage (P. 14)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $87,500
105
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage (mi corps)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $212,500
106
Jean Dubuffet
Jouhandeau innocent
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $156,250
107
Jean Dubuffet
Barbe des bourreaux de Paris
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $350,000
108
Jean Dubuffet
Michel Tapié
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $25,000
109
Jean Dubuffet
Deux arabes
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $125,000
110
Jean Dubuffet
Tête griotte
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $143,750
111
Jean Dubuffet
Buste (avec graffiti au couteau)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $225,000
112
Jean Dubuffet
Deux Automobiles (Peugeot, Fiat)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $81,250
113
Joseph Cornell
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $137,500
114
Joan Miró
Torse de femme
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $350,000
115
Joan Miró
Maquette de l'arc de la Fondation Maeght
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
Sold for $237,500
116
Jean Dubuffet
Arbre aux deux étages
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $250,000
117
Josef Albers
Study to Homage to the Square - Looking Out
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $275,000
118
Tom Wesselmann
Cut-Out Nude Study
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $268,750
119
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $450,000
120
Franz Kline
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
121
Hans Hofmann
Pilgrim Heights View - Provincetown
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $100,000
122
Jim Dine
Window Brain
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $40,000
123
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $212,500
124
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $162,500
125
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $250,000
126
John Chamberlain
Tiny Piece #7
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $150,000
127
Claes Oldenburg
Punching Bag
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $200,000
128
Richard Serra
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $200,000
129
Louise Nevelson
Column IV
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
130
Christo
Orange Store Front (Project) Part I
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $175,000
131
Robert Graham
Source Figure
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $50,000
132
Frank Stella
Misano
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $475,000
133
George Segal
Woman with Sunglasses on Bench
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
134
Jean Dubuffet
Le verre d'eau
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,500
135
Roberto Matta
Le responsable de l'optimisme
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,500
136
Frank Stella
Untitled (Concentric Square)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
137
Frank Stella
Conway
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
138
Alexander Calder
Meadow Grass
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
139
Alexander Calder
Las Vegas
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $187,500
140
Ed Clark
Hot and Cold
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $337,500
141
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow (No. 1400)
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
142
Ed Ruscha
Etc.
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $387,500
143
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $375,000
144
Carmen Herrera
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $275,000
145
Ellsworth Kelly
Coral Leaf (1)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
146
Yayoi Kusama
Accretion (No. 1)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $175,000
147
Louise Nevelson
City Series
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
148
Joan Miró
Untitled III
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
149
Pablo Picasso
Femme en buste/ Buste de femme couchée
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $375,000
150
Pablo Picasso
Buste de femme assise dans un fauteuil
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
151
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Red/Black Figure)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $400,000
152
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Standing Male Figure)
Estimate $700,000 - 1,000,000
Sold for $800,000
153
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Figure with Blue Head)
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $437,500
154
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Insect Order)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
155
Andy Warhol
Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (Positive)
Estimate $700,000 - 1,000,000
156
Robert Rauschenberg
Bottoms (Syn-Tex Series)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $112,500
157
John Wesley
Bumstead's Foot
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $112,500
158
Roy Lichtenstein
Purist Painting with Dice
Estimate $450,000 - 650,000
Sold for $652,500
159
Andy Warhol
Brillo Soap Pads Box
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $437,500
160
Andy Warhol
Piss
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $644,000
161
John Chamberlain
INCIDENTALLYNEUTERED
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $475,000
162
Dan Flavin
untitled (to Bob and Pat Rohm)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $325,000
163
Fred Sandback
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,000
164
Craig Kauffman
#1-8
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
165
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Chromointerférence Mécanique
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
Sold for $162,500
166
Kenneth Noland
Greenbriar
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $337,500
167
Kenneth Noland
Mysteries: To Blue
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $325,000
168
Bernar Venet
Two Indeterminate Lines
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $262,500
169
Richard Serra
Tracks #31
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $475,000
170
Richard Serra
Left Corner Square to the Floor
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $150,000
171
Robert Ryman
CORE XXI
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $137,500
172
Sol LeWitt
Black Cubes
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
173
Jesús Rafael Soto
Naranja Superior
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
174
Loló Soldevilla
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $75,000
175
Dadamaino
Volume
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $47,500
176
Manolo Valdés
Rostro sobre fondo turquesa
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $225,000
177
Fernando Botero
Portrait of Nadine Haim
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
178
Fernando Botero
El Rapto de Europa
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $375,000
179
Fernando Botero
Horse
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $740,000
180
This lot is no longer available.
181
Piero Pizzi Cannella
Nero, Ferro, Battuto; Sottile, Ferro, Battuto (Diptych)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
182
Lucio Fontana
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $131,250
183
Mario Merz
Una lunghissima domenica
Estimate $180,000 - 200,000
Sold for $187,500
184
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
185
Armando Morales
Trois Baigneuses
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
186
Francisco Toledo
Luz’ de Foco
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $106,250
187
Mark Tobey
Desert Town (Wild City)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $87,500
188
Alexander Calder
Brooch
Estimate $20,000 - 35,000
Sold for $50,000
189
Max Ernst
Portrait d’ un ancêtre (Portrait of an ancestor)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $175,000
190
Rodolfo Nieto
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
191
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Sin título (serie Signos vegetales)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
192
Helen Frankenthaler
White Rose of Sharon
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
193
Franz Kline
Black, White, Brown
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
194
Hans Hofmann
Fragrance
Estimate $280,000 - 350,000
195
Willem de Kooning
Study for a Woman
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
196
David Smith
A Sketch for a Sculpture (Raven Series)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
197
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $28,000 - 32,000
Sold for $75,000
198
Atsuko Tanaka
85-E
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $200,000
199
Shozo Shimamoto
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
200
Sam Gilliam
Pantheon I
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
201
Romare Bearden
Mecklenburg Monday
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
202
Saul Steinberg
The Real Table
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
203
Richard Estes
Turkey Landscape
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
204
Philip Pearlstein
Model with Empire State Building
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $125,000
205
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Blonde, Black and Green Pillows
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $60,000
206
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Still Life with Matisse & Johns
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
207
Tom Wesselmann
Double Study for Bedroom Painting #22
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
208
Patrick Nagel
Kristen
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
Sold for $300,000
209
Christo
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $100,000
210
Christo
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $187,500
211
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
212
John Chamberlain
Fleabane (Marsh)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
213
Andy Warhol
Portrait of a Woman (Linda Oxenberg)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $412,500
214
Andy Warhol
Elixir de Markoff Royal Jelly
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
215
Susan Rothenberg
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
216
Eduardo Terrazas
2.30, From the series "Tablas"
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
217
Kazuya Sakai
Pintura N°14, Série II
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,000
218
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Mooring
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,000
219
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Three works: (i) Resting; (ii) Alighting; (iii) Hovering
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
220
Kenneth Noland
Winds 82-28
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
221
Robert Motherwell
Pall Mall on Blue
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
222
Richard Pettibone
Frank Stella Takht-I-Sulayman II, 1968
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $75,000
223
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $62,500
224
Sol LeWitt
Complex Form
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,000
225
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
226
Howard Mehring
Primal
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
227
Thomas Downing
Blue Tender
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $200,000
228
Sam Gilliam
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,000
229
Sam Gilliam
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $93,750
230
Michael Goldberg
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
231
Alfred Leslie
Seated Figure
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
232
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
233
Milton Resnick
Idyl
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $93,750
234
Waltercio Caldas
Wood Wind
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
235
Pedro Coronel
Roma
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $112,500
236
Cundo Bermúdez
La Chismosa
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
237
Roberto Fabelo
Cautiva
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
238
Carlos Rojas
Untitled (from the Mujeres en Faja series)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
239
Shuji Mukai
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
240
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 15 May | On View at 432 and 450 Park Avenue

Provenance

196

David Smith

A Sketch for a Sculpture (Raven Series)

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session