Lot 198
  • 198

Sam Francis

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1986 on the reverse
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 48 by 132 in. 122 by 335.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1986, this work is registered with the Estate of Sam Francis as archive number SFP86-55.

Provenance

Jean Rouge, Scottsdale (acquired directly from the artist) 
Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2007, lot 313
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Sam Francis 1986: Oeuvres sur toile et sur papier, November 1986 - January 1987
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The Paintings of Sam Francis from the Collection of Jean Rouge, March - June 1996, pl. 6, p. 7, illustrated in color

Literature

Exh. Cat., Nantenshi Gallery, Sam Francis: 1957-1986, Tokyo, 1987, illustrated
"Sam Francis: Paris années 50," Art Press 127, July - August 1988, p. 21, illustrated
Yves Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 58, illustrated in color
Pontus Hultén, Sam Francis, Bonn, 1993, p. 412, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 90, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946-1992, Amsterdam, 2010, pp. 26 and 44, illustrated
Debra Burchett-Lere and William C. Agee, Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, cat. no. SFF.1324

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling around the edges. There are no signs of restoration under ultraviolet light inspection. Unframed.
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