Modern & Contemporary Art 
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Modern & Contemporary Art 
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David Smith 1906–1965

△Σ 14-12-57

1957
egg ink on paper 17½ h × 22½ w in (44 × 57 cm)
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $17,640
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Signed and dated to lower left ‘DS 14-12-57’.
provenance: Estate of the artist | Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles | Private Collection
exhibited: David Smith: Ink Drawings from 1957, 13 January - 10 February 2001, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
literature: David Smith: Ink Drawings from 1957, Margo Leavin Gallery exhibition catalog, pg. 36

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Art has its tradition, but it is a visual heritage. Art is made from dreams, and visions, and things not known, and least of all from things that can be said. It comes from the inside of who you are when you face yourself. It is an inner declaration of purpose.

David Smith

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