Lot 620
  • 620

Sam Francis

Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled No. 13
  • oil and acrylic on canvas
  • executed in 1972
inscribed SFP72-1 on the reverse, framed

Provenance

Private Asian Collection (acquired directly from the artist)

Exhibited

USA, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Fresh Air School: Sam Francis, Joan Mitchell and Walasse Ting, 27 October 1972 - 7 January 1973 cat. no. 9
USA, California, Gagosian Gallery, Sam Francis: A Survey of Painting 1965 - 1983, 11 September 1996 - 25 January 1997, pl. 9, illustrated in colour

Literature

Debra Burchett-Lere ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkley 2011, cat. no. SFF. 574, illustrated in colour

Condition

This work is in very good condition with only minor surface accretion. No evidence of restoration under UV examination.
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