Lot 113
  • 113

SAM FRANCIS | Slant (SF70 - 138)

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Slant (SF70 - 138)
  • acrylic on paper
  • 110,5 x 79,5 cm; 43 1/2 x 31 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1970.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Tokyo, Idemitsu Art Gallery, Paintings by Sam Francis in the Idemitsu Collection, 8 January - 10 February 1974; catalogue, no. 23, illustrated
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, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, 10 August - 26 October 2003; catalogue, p.64, no. 40, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. The sheet is attached verso to the backing board in numerous places. Very close inspection reveals media accretions in located places. The work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF70-138 in consideration for the forthcoming to the Sam Francis:Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper.This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.