Lot 108
  • 108

Sam Francis

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed on the reverse
  • gouache and watercolor on paper
  • 11 3/4 by 9 in. 29.8 by 22.9 cm.
  • Executed circa 1957.

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London
Mrs. Charles Gimpel, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1978

Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Sam Francis: Oil Paintings and Watercolours, May - June 1957

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the paper which is inherent to the artist's working method. There are two small fine abrasions in the center of the sheet in the black painted area. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte intermittently around the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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