ID 1080795
Lot 27 | Sam Francis. Untitled
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 120 000
1923 San Mateo, CA/USA - 1994 Santa Monica, CA/USA
Title: Untitled.
Date: 1959.
Technique: Mixed media on paper.
Mounting: Mounted on canvas.
Measurement: 68.5 x 101cm.
This work is listed in the Sam Francis Foundation, Pasadena/CA, under the identification number SF59-074 and will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper currently in preparation.
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Exhibitions:
- Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf 1961
- Explosively gestural early work with an expressive contrast between white colour surfaces and the characteristic complementary colours
- In private hands for over 60 years
- Influences from his travels to Japan from 1957 and his closeness to the Gutai group of artists are evident in this work
- The specific Japanese concept of negative space ("Ma") and the painting technique of Hatsuboku (ink splashes) show great parallels to Francis' very own formal language.
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Mixed media |
| Auction house category: | Post War |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Applied technique: | Mixed media |
| Auction house category: | Post War |
| Address of auction |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Germany | ||||||||||||||
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