Lot 5
  • 5

Sam Francis

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed on the reverse
  • acrylic on paper
  • 36.4 by 48.7 cm. 14 3/8 by 19 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1980.

Provenance

Estate of the artist, California
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam
Sotheby's, London, 7 February 2005, Lot 291
Movimento Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Milan, Movimento Arte Contemporanea, Sam Francis: I Grandi Maestri, April - July 2005, p. 19, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the window mount along the upper edge. When examined out of its frame, the sheet is irregularly torn in places along the upper edge, which appears to be original. There are some light and unobtrusive handling creases in places, mainly towards the edges.
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