ID 990200
Lot 124 | Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Blue
signed, inscribed, stamped with the Estate of Sam Francis stamp and dated ‘Sam Francis 60 Paris’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 21 3/8in. (64.9 x 54.3cm.)
Painted in 1960
Provenance
Galerie Klipstein and Kornfeld, Bern.
Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above).
Anon. sale, Christie’s New York, 17 May 2001, lot 125.
Private Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. Waldberg, Sam Francis: Metaphysics of the Void, New York 1986, pp. 66 and 201 (illustrated in colour, p. 67).
S. Drucker, ‘Waxing Purple in Manhattan’, in Architectural Digest, December 2004 (installation view illustrated in colour, p. 197).
D. Burchett-Lere (ed.), Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SFF.316 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Bern, Galerie Klipstein und Kornfeld, Sam Francis: Werke 1960-1961, 1961, no. 1 (illustrated, unpaged).
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Sam Francis, 1962-1963, p. 41, no. 22 (incorrectly titled 'Blue Cross').
Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sam Francis, 1993, pp. 162 & 468 (illustrated in colour, p. 163).
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: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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