Lot 35
  • 35

SAM FRANCIS | Untitled (Soul of a Bee)

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled (Soul of a Bee)
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 366 x 122 cm; 144 1/8 x 48 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1985.

Provenance

Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Toyama, Museum of Modern Art; Karuizawa, Museum of Modern Art; Shiga, Museum of Modern Art; Karushiki, Ohara Museum of Art; Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Sam Francis, 23 April 1988 - 23 March 1989.
Tokyo, Idemitsu Museum of Arts; Osaka, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, 27 June 2000 - 1 April 2001
Toyama, Museum of Modern Art; Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Ehime, Museum of Art Ehime; Tokyo, Museum of contemporary Art; Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum; Oita, Oita City Art Museum, 10 August 2002 - 26 October 2003

Condition

The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. Please note that the work has been mounted upside-down on the stretcher. There are faint wear marks to the edges. Drying cracks are visible on the dark blue/violet pigments. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Cette oeuvre est enregistrée sous le numéro SFP85-50 et sera incluse dans le Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Canvas. Ces références peuvent être modifiées par la Sam Francis Foundation.