ID 1081156
Lot 495 | Sam Francis. Untitled
Estimate value
€ 40 000 – 60 000
1923 San Mateo, CA/USA - 1994 Santa Monica, CA/USA
Title: Untitled.
Date: 1953.
Technique: Gouache and watercolours on vellum.
Measurement: 56 x 45cm.
Notation: Signed and dated verso upper left: Sam Francis 53.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
The work is listed under the identification number SF53-132 at the Sam Francis Foundation, Pasadena/CA, and will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the works on paper that is being prepared.
Provenance:
- Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne (label)
- Private collection Horbach, Düsseldorf
- From the artist's sought-after early works
- Strong influences from American Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting are evident here
- The use of color and the coloring already hint at his later unmistakable style.
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Auction house category: | Post War |
| Artist: | Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) |
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| Auction house category: | Post War |
| Address of auction |
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