Lot 236
  • 236

Sam Francis

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Untitled
  • signed on the reverse 
  • acrylic on paper 
  • 22 5/8 by 28 3/4 in. 57.5 by 73 cm.
  • Executed in 1976.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 2000)
Christie's, New York 16 March 2006, Lot 226
Private Collection
Pierre Berge & Associés, Paris, 11 December 2007, Lot 89
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner 

Exhibited

Boca Raton, Bruk Kahan Gallery, Sam Francis: Paintings/Works on Paper, February - April 2000
Boca Raton, Rosenbaum Contemporary Art, Sam Francis Works on Paper, December 2005 - January 2006

Literature

Yves Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris 1992, p. 125, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s working method, and light evidence of handling along the edges. Under very close inspection, some drying cracks are visible in the dark red thickly painted areas. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
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