SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

Lot 814
18.05.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Sold
$ 630 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 949410
Lot 814 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

Untitled

gouache on paper laid down on Masonite

30 3/4 x 23 in. (78.2 x 58.4 cm.)

Executed in 1953.





Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Sweeney, New York, 1968

Private collection, by descent from the above

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

Private collection, New York, 2017

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

P. Plagens, "A Sam Francis Retrospective in Houston: 'He has been, all along, five years ahead of his time," Artforum, vol. 6, no. 5, January 1968, p. 41 (illustrated).

P. Selz, Sam Francis, New York, 1975, p. 145, pl. 73 (illustrated).

P. Selz et. al., Sam Francis, New York, 1982, p. 157, pl. 79 (illustrated).

M. Waldberg, Sam Francis: Metaphysics of the Void, Toronto, 1987, p. 17 (illustrated).

J.F. Lyotard, Sam Francis: Lesson of Darkness. . . Like the Paintings of a Blind Man, Venice, 1993, n.p. (illustrated).

D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SFF5.200 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California, Sam Francis: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 1967-February 1968, p. 26, no. 43.

Kunsthalle Basel; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, April 1968-November 1968, no. 77 (Basel); no. 45 (Karlsruhe); no. 60 (Amsterdam, illustrated).
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
18.05.2023
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

More from Creator

SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
$180 000
Sam Francis. Untitled
Sam Francis. Untitled
€25 000
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
€200 000
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
€30 000
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
$200 000
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
€100 000
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
€180 000
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
€300 000

Related terms