Lot 239
  • 239

Sam Francis

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1986 on the reverse
  • acrylic on paper
  • 104 by 75cm.; 40 7/8 by 29 1/2 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, California (acquired directly from the artist)
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, Contemporary Art, 15 February 1989, Lot 95
Private Collection, Europe
Galería Theo, Madrid
Galería Elvira González, Madrid
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2007

Exhibited

Riverside, California, The Roy and Frances Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Sam Francis, Works on Paper: 1953 – 1986, The Ranchito Collection, 1987, p. 24, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to foamcore in several places. All four edges are slightly deckled.
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