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Sam Francis

Six Faces Triptych (B + C)

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Description

Sam Francis

1923 - 1994


Six Faces Triptych (B + C)

signed, titled and inscribed (on the verso of each)

acrylic on paper, in 2 parts

14 ½ by 4 ½ in.

36.8 by 11.4 cm.

Executed in 1977.

Estate of the artist

Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in October 1997)

Martin Lawrence Galleries, New York

Acquired from the above circa 2004 by the present owner

Santa Barbara, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Sam Francis: 3 Decades, Paintings and Gouaches, July – August 1984

Fundación Caja de Madrid, Sam Francis: Elementos y arquetipos, April – June 1997, n.p., illustrated in color

Las Vegas Art Museum, Sam Francis: Remaking the World, March – April 2002, p. 11, illustrated in color

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., "Six Faces Triptych (B + C), Undated (0000 / Francis Archive SF77-021 (A, B, C))," Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, Ongoing



This artwork, now documented as a diptych, was originally part of a triptych entitled Six Faces Triptych (A,B,C). The original left panel designated as [A] was separated from the overall composition and sold separately by the artist to Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara in December 1985.