ID 908038
Lot 39 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Estimate value
£ 650 000 – 850 000
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).
Special Notice
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) |
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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