Lot 197
  • 197

Sam Francis

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • acrylic on paper
  • 40 by 60 in. 101.6 by 152.4 cm.

Provenance

Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto
Private Collection
Wanda Hansen, Sausalito
Acquired by the present owner from the above in September 1979

Exhibited

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Manila, Gallery of the Cultural Center for Philippines; Taipei, American Institute in Taiwan American Culture Center; Hong Kong Art Center, Pao-Sui Loong Galleries; Seoul, American Embassy Exhibition Hall; Washington, D.C., United States International Communication Agency, Sam Francis: Works on Paper, a Survey 1948-1979, September 1979 - June 1981, cat. no. 36, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are bright and fresh. There is very light wear to the corners of the sheet. The red and orange pigment has flaked in some spots, causing scattered media accretions and smudges. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
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