ID 846033
Lot 258 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
Untitled
signed, signed again with the artist’s initials and dated 'S.F. 1980 Sam Francis' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
59 1/8 x 95 1/4 in. (150 x 243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Provenance
Abbaye de Senanque, Gordes, France
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern
Studio Marconi, Milano
Literature
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkley, 2011, cat no. SFF.770, DVD 1 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994, digital, ongoing, no. SFP.80-36 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Gordes, L'Abbaye de Sénanque, Centre International de Création Artistique, Sam Francis: Oeuvres nouvelles, May–August 1980.
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: Recent Work, April–May 1981.
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Sam Francis: Ausstellung, Ölbilder und farbige Zeichnungen von 1976–1983, March–April 1983.
Milan, Studio Marconi, Sam Francis: Opere dal 1960 al 1983, May–June 1983.
Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Sam Francis: 1923–1994, March–April 1995.
Post Lot Text
The Sam Francis Foundation confirms that this work can be installed with both vertical and horizontal orientations.
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
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