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Property from an Important West Coast Collection

Sam Francis

Blake's Tomb

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important West Coast Collection

Sam Francis

1923 - 1994


Blake's Tomb

acrylic on paper

72 by 35¾ in.

182.9 by 90.8 cm.

Executed in 1989.

Estate of the artist
Martin Lawrence Galleries
Acquired from the above in February 2000 by the present owner
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, 1989
Malibu, Pepperdine University, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Archetypal Image, 1997
Fundacion Caja de Madrid, Sam Francis: Elementos y arquetipos, 1997, no. 84, p. 49, illustrated in color
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Houston, The Menil Collection; Malmö Konsthall; Rome, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Sam Francis. Paintings 1947-1990, 1999-2001, no. 84, p. 139
Robert Shapazian, "En la Fundación Caja de Madrid: Sam Francis Por Primera Vez en España La Imagen Junguiana," Guadalimar, May 1997, illustrated
Jim Farber, Exploding art: The big–bang paintings of Sam Francis make a splash at MOCA, 1999, illustrated in color
Devorah L. Knaff, "Commitment to Color," Press-Enterprise, 7 March 1999, illustrated in color
Francisco Carpio, "Haikus pintados," La Razon, 10 June 2000, illustrated