Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled, 1954
Oil · Board
Phillips · May 14, 2025$27,940 ≈ £20,967 ≈ €24,915Sign up free to see price
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Classic Figure III
David Smith (American, 1906–1965) · 1945
$201,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ £151,682≈ €166,419
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze, mounted on wood base”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Incised with the artist’s signature and number "II David Smith" on the figure’s proper left arm
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- sculpture 13 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (33.5 x 21.5 x 9 cm) base 1 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (3.8 x 12 x 12 cm) overall 14 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (37.3 x 21.5 x 12 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session (NY010820)
- Date
- December 8, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 149
- Estimate
- $100,000 – $150,000 (≈ £75,239 – £112,858) (≈ €82,549 – €123,824)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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