Sam Francis (1923-1994)
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ID 1352850
Lot 13 | Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Estimate value
300000EUR € 300 000 – 500 000
Blue figure (Blue IV)
signé des initiales 'SF' (sur le châssis)
huile sur toile
230.5 x 200.6 cm.
Peint en 1960.
signed with the initials 'SF' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
90 ¾ x 79 in.
Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Collection privée, France
Acquis auprès de celle-ci
Literature
M. Ragon, 'A la recherche d'un nouvel espace pictural'; in XXe Siècle 24, no. 18, février 1960 (illustré p. 60; image inversée).
J. Putman, J-F. Revel, P. Schneider et A. Schulze Vellinghausen, 'Au salon de mai', in L'Œil 78, juin 1961 (illustré n.p.).
P. Selz et L. Hershman, 'Sam Francis: Toward Light and Space, in Artweek, no. 24, 7 juillet 1973 (illustré p. 12).
P. Selz, Sam Francis, New York, 1982, No. 35 (illustré p. 76).
J-L. Duval, Histoire de la Peinture Abstraite, Paris, 1988, p. 205, No. 5 (illustré en couleurs p. 103).
D. Dobbels, 'Sam Francis: La chance d'une énigme', in Libérations, Paris, 3 mai 1991 (illustré n.p.).
In Libérations, Paris, 1991.
Y. Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 262 (illustré en couleurs p. 101).
E. de Chassey, F. Cheng, T. Imaï, P. Plagens et P. Schneider, Sam Francis: Les années parisiennes 1950-1961, catalogue d'exposition, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1995 (illustré p. 34).
W. Agee, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, catalogue d'exposition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1999, p. 41, Fig. 42 (illustré en couleurs p. 40).
Galerie Jean Fournier: Cartons d'invitation de 1955 à 2006, Paris, 2007 (illustré en couleurs p. 145).
D. Burchett-Lere, Sam Francis : Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Glendale, 2011, Fig. 98, No. 320 (illustré en couleurs p. 94; illustré en couleurs DVD I).
P. Wat, 'Ne rien attendre, tout espérer', in Petit journal pour l'exposition ''Petits et grands tableaux en souvenir de Jean Fournier'', Paris, 2016 (une vue in situ illustrée p. 12).
C. Francblin, Jean Fournier, un galeriste amoureux de la couleur, Paris, 2018, pp. 66 et 67.
Mitchell/Riopelle. Un couple dans la démesure, catalogue d'exposition, Musée National des Beaux Arts du Québec, Québec, 2018, pp. 201 et 202, Fig. 59 A (une vue in situ illustrée p. 168).
M. Martin et E. Ovaere-Corthay, Joan Mitchell/Jean Paul Riopelle, à la rencontre de Jean Fautrier, catalogue d'exposition, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, 2019 (une vue in situ illustrée p. 25).
Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, 2020, No. SFF-320.
Exhibited
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Sam Francis: Sweet Beat, septembre-octobre 1960, No. 34.
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, XVIIe Salon de mai, mai 1961, No. 67 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 37).
Paris, Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Sam Francis: Œuvres récentes, juin 1961.
Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein (février-avril); Berlin, Haus Am Waldsee (juin-août), Gegenwart bis 1962: Sam Francis, Georges Mathieu, Charles Maussion, Jean Miotte, Jean Paul Riopelle, 1962.
Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Exposition inaugurale, 1963-1964.
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (octobre-novembre); Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California (janvier-février), Sam Francis: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1967, p. 26, No. 38.
Bâle, Kunsthalle Bâle, Sam Francis, avril-juin 1968, No. 58.
Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Sam Francis, juin-août 1968, No. 30.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, septembre-novembre 1968, No. 45.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (septembre-octobre); Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art (novembre); New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (décembre-janvier); Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (février-mars); Oakland, Oakland Museum (juin-aôut), Sam Francis. Paintings 1947-1972, 1972-1973, p. 27, No. 49 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 78; titré 'Composition').
Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Sam Francis: New Paintings, juin-juillet 1985 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 31).
Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Sam Francis: Une exposition pour nos anniversaires, mars-avril 1991.
Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sam Francis, février-avril 1993, pp. 160 et 468 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 161).
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Musée Matisse, Ils ont regardé Matisse, mars-juin 2009, p. 210, No. 29 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 176; une vue in situ illustrée p. 48).
Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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