ID 846006
Lot 252 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
The Blue Between the Red and Green
signed and dated ‘Sam Francis 1960’ (on the reverse)
acrylic and gouache on paper
33 7/8 x 23 1/8 in. (85.8 x 58.7 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Anon. sale; Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 22 June 1990, lot 31
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994
Literature
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SF60-1116 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: Paintings on Paper 1956–1964, October–November 1990, n.p. (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Sam Francis: Selected Works, April–May 1999, n.p., no. 1 (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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