ID 845998
Lot 315 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 70 000
Rainbow (Blue Red)
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Sam Francis 1963 october 1964 january Tokyo’ (on the reverse)
acrylic and gouache on paper
22 3/8 x 30 in. (57.3 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1963-1964.
Provenance
Anon. sale; Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 1990, lot 12
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Literature
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SF64-156 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Sam Francis, June-July 1965, n. p., no. 21 (illustrated).
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: Paintings on Paper 1956–1964, October–November 1990, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis, in Memoriam: Selected Works, January-February 1995.
New York, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, Sam Francis: Works from the Early 1960s, October–November 2000, n.p., no. 10 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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