David Smith
American · 1906–1965 · Painter, Printmaker
Roland David Smith was an American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Forging VPhillips · $580,500≈ £442,387≈ €501,166Sign up to see
SpectrePhillips · $471,000≈ £362,950≈ €416,962Sign up to see
Main PribilofPhillips · $277,200≈ £223,152≈ €263,373Sign up to see
David Smith’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
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Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 12 | 11 | 92% | $59.6kSign up | $21.1kSign up | $277kSign up |
| Oil | 6 | 5 | 83% | $72.2kSign up | $27.9kSign up | $277kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $150Sign up | $150Sign up | $150Sign up |
| Mixed media | 2 | 2 | 100% | $21.4kSign up | $21.4kSign up | $21.6kSign up |
| Works on paper | 30 | 27 | 90% | $23.3kSign up | $17.6kSign up | $103kSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 1 | 100% | $27kSign up | $27kSign up | $27kSign up |
| Gouache | 3 | 2 | 67% | $22.9kSign up | $22.9kSign up | $32.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 17 | 16 | 94% | $20.2kSign up | $15.8kSign up | $62.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 9 | 7 | 78% | $5.2kSign up | $3kSign up | $18.8kSign up |
| Engraving | 3 | 2 | 67% | $10.6kSign up | $10.6kSign up | $18.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 4 | 3 | 75% | $4kSign up | $4kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $3kSign up |
| Photography | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.6kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $7.5kSign up |
| Photograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.6kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $7.5kSign up |
| Sculpture | 11 | 10 | 91% | $127kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $581kSign up |
| Other | 12 | 12 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $903Sign up | $17.3kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.