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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CARL RICHARD "DINGBAT" SMITH (1927 - 1980S) Three Brothers.
Assemblage of nails on a wood panel, 1966. 1219x1219 mm; 48x48 inches. Signed, dated "66" and titled in ink, verso.
Provenance: private collection, New York.
Three Brothers is a large wall relief made from thousands of nails, and an excellent example of the unusual nail art of Charles Richard "Dingbat" Smith. A Pittsburgh native, Smith worked in sculpture using only nails from the 1960s through the late 1980s. While little is known about him today, this self-taught artist's artworks are highly prized by collectors, and deserve much wider recognition. Two other examples of his work are in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art.
