SAM FRANCIS | Lower Ring (SFP66-7)

Yayoi Gallery/Ogawa, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis, 25 October - 13 November 1969
Palo Alto, Smith Andersen Gallery, Sam Francis: Four Decades, 27 February - 23 April 1988; exhibition brochure, illustrated in colour

Debra Burchett-Lere, Ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, cat. no. 453, illustrated in colour on DVD

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration although the red along the lower edge tends more to orange in the original work. Very close inspection reveals some tension cracks and wear marks along the edges. There is a very thin hairline crack towards the center of the lower edge. Further very close inspection reveals an unobtrusive surface abrasions towards the center of the lower edge. The work is in very good condition.
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This work is identified with the interim identification number of SFF.453 in consideration for the forthcoming addendum to the Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.