SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508381
Lot 552 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Estimate value
200000USD $ 200 000 – 300 000
Untitled (Blue Balls)
acrylic on paper
48 x 63 ½ in. (121.9 x 161.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1961.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1986
Marjorie I. Mitchell, Chicago, 1988
Private collection, Chicago
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2018
Literature
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SF61-981 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: The Early Years: 1955-63 (Part I), June-July 1986.
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: The Early Years: 1955-63 (Part II), September-October 1986.
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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