Contemporary Curated
Contemporary Curated
Soul of a Bee
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September 27, 07:30 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Soul of a Bee
titled (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
132 by 48 in.
335.3 by 121.9 cm.
Executed in 1986.
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired from the above in February 1989 by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Tokyo, Nantenshi Gallery, Sam Francis: 1957-1986, January - February 1987, n.p., illustrated
Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, November 2004 - January 2005, pp. 90, 96, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946–1992, December - February 2010, pp. 26, 44, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Bratislava, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Sam Francis: Retrospective in Blue, June - August 2010, p. 272, illustrated
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, Berkeley 2011, no. SFF.1329, illustrated in color on the DVD
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed. "Soul of a Bee, Undated (SFF.1329)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, ongoing
Tomaya, Museum of Modern Art; Seibu Takanawa, Museum of Modern Art; Shiga, Museum of Modern Art; Kurashiki, Ohara Museum of Art; Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Sam Francis, April 1988 - March 1989, no. 15, pp. 48-49, illustrated in color
Gunman, Museum of Modern Art, Introduction to Art for Children and Adults—Colorful, July - September 2005, illustrated in color
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