Lot 302
  • 302

Sam Francis

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled (Bright Ring Drawing)
  • signed and dated 1964-1965-1966 Tokyo on the reverse
  • gouache and acrylic on paper
  • 22 3/8 by 29 7/8 in. 56.8 by 75.9 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Bern, Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Sam Francis: Werke 1962-1966, September - October 1966, cat. no. 73, p. 42, illustrated
New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Sam Francis: Oil Paintings and Colored Drawings from 1962 to 1966, February - March 1967, cat. no. 51

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The four edges are deckled. The sheet has yellowed very slightly with age towards the edges. The sheet is hinged verso to the matet intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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