Lot 384
  • 384

Sam Francis

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed, signed with the artist's initials, and dated 1954 on the reverse
  • ink on paper
  • 22 7/8 by 19 1/2 in. 58.1 by 49.5 cm.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Constellations of Light and Dark: Black
and White on Paper (1947–1954) by Sam Francis, February - April 1995
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg; Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Sam Francis: The Shadow of Colors: Aquarelle und Gouachen, 1948–1984, April 1995 – February 1996, p. 70, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board. The left edge of the sheet is deckled. There is time-staining to the sheet. There is soft creasing at the top left. The sheet undulates slightly. Framed under Plexiglas.
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