Lot 137
  • 137

Sam Francis, Untitled

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed andĀ dated 1979 on the reverse
  • gouache on paper
  • 14 by 19 1/2 in. 35.5 by 49.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1979, this work is stamped by the Sam Francis Estate on the reverse.

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Chalk & Vermilion Art, LLC., Connecticut
Klabal Gallery, Greenwich
Acquired by the present owner from the above in AugustĀ 1998

Exhibited

Bonn, Galerie Pudelko, Sam Francis, February - April 1993

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board along the top edge. There is a soft undulation to the sheet. There are scattered pinpoint air bubbles in the pigment inherent to the artist's working method. Framed under Plexiglas.
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