Sam Francis

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

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Description

Sam Francis
Dream Sketch
signed and dated 1960 Tokyo on the reverse
gouache on paper
12 by 16 in. 30.5 by 40.6 cm.
Executed in 1960, this work is registered with the Sam Francis Estate under archive number SF60-091.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Manny Silverman Gallery, New York
American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Tokyo, Minami Gallery, Sam Francis, May 1961, cat. no. 19
Santa Monica, California, Angles Gallery, Sam Francis: Selected Works 1957-1991, April - May 1991

Catalogue Note

Blue is the color of speculation. Because it is full of shadow. There is darkness in it. The resident quality of blue is darkness. It's the color.
- Sam Francis