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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

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Auction dateClassic
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 908038
Lot 39 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

Untitled

signed and dated ‘Sam Francis 1957’ (on the reverse)

acrylic on paper laid on board

40 1/8 x 27 1/8in. (102.1 x 69cm.)

Executed in 1957





Provenance

Private Collection.

Anon. sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein Bern, 17 June 1965, lot 298.

David Anderson Gallery, Paris.

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller Collection, Philadelphia and New York (acquired from the above in 1967).

William Zierler, Inc., New York (acquired from the above in 1970).

The Waddington Galleries, London.

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s New York, 11 November 1988, lot 113.

Jan Krugier Gallery, New York.

Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.

Private Collection, Tokyo.

Anon. sale, Christie’s New York, 10 May 2000, lot 675.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

Contemporary Great Masters: Sam Francis, Tokyo 1994, no. 27 (illustrated in colour, p. 34).

D. Burchett-Lere (ed.), Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SFF5.486



Exhibited

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sam Francis: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1967-1968, p. 27, no. 55. This exhibition later travelled to Berkeley, University Art Museum.

Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Sam Francis, 1968, no. 91. This exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum.

New York, William Zierler, Inc., New Acquisitions Fall 1970, 1970, no. 23 (illustrated).

London, Waddington Galleries, Twentieth Century Works, 1989, no. 49 (illustrated in colour, pp. 102-103).



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)
Applied technique:Acrylic, Painted
Medium:Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic
Art style:Post War Art
Auction house category:Paintings
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