Sam Francis

The Sam Francis Estate
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Last Paintings from the Santa Monica Studio, 1995

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly brighter and more vibrant, with the purple in the lower left quadrant and left of centre tends more towards pink, the yellow throughout to lemon and the blue in the upper right quadrant to acquamarine in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to convey the rich surface texture apparent in the original. The speckling visible in the catalogue illustration is not present on the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few very light handling marks to the extreme edges, notably to the left and right extreme vertical edges, and some extremely light wear to each of the four corners. The lower left and upper left corners are very slightly rubbed. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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This work is stamped with the Sam Francis Estate stamp and registered with the Sam Francis Foundation Archives under number SFP94-113