Nov 16, 2017 - Sale 2463

Sale 2463 - Lot 174

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ROBERT SMITHSON
The Angel and the Ant Lion.

Brush and ink and watercolor on cream wove paper, 1961. 610x459 mm; 24x18 1/8 inches. Signed, titled and dated in black ink, upper right recto.

Exhibited "Robert Smithson, Retrospective: 1955-1973," The Natinal Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, February 27-May 2, 1999; Modern Museum, Stockholm, June 19-September 12, 1999; Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, October 2, 1999-January 16, 2000.

Published in Robert Smithson, Retrospective: 1955-1973, Oslo, 1973, number 30.

Ex-collection the artist; Galleria George Lester, Milan, 1962; acquired from the above by the current owner, 1995.