Sam Francis
Blue 47
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:26 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Blue 47
signed Sam Francis and dated 1961 Bern (on the verso)
watercolor on paper mounted to board
19 1/4 by 24 1/8 in.
48.9 by 61.2 cm.
Executed in 1961.
Gallerie dell'Ariete, Milan
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above in 1962)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. (gift of the above in 1966)
Sotheby's New York, 11 March 1998, lot 227
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above in 1962)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. (gift of the above in 1966)
Sotheby's New York, 11 March 1998, lot 227
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Sam Francis: Werke 1960 - 1961, 1961, cat. no. 47, illustrated
New York, Hammer Galleries, On Paper, 2012
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, 2014, p. 23, illustrated in color
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, 2017, cat. no. 14661
New York, Hammer Galleries, On Paper, 2012
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, 2014, p. 23, illustrated in color
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, 2017, cat. no. 14661
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., "Blue 47, Dated as 1961 (0000 / Francis Archive SF61-051)," Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, Ongoing
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