Lot 386
  • 386

Sam Francis

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • ink of paper
  • 32 3/8 by 22 7/8 in. 82.2 by 58.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1950.

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, pp. 52-53, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged to the backing board. There are some minor, faint scattered accretions, particularly in the lower right near the edge of the sheet. There is some light scattered surface soiling and pale time staining to the sheet. The sheet undulates slightly. Framed under Plexiglas.
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