SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

Lot 544
20.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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ID 1508467
Lot 544 | SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Valeur estimée
$ 300 000 – 500 000
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Untitled
gouache on paper laid down on Masonite
30 ¾ x 23 in. (78.2 x 58.4 cm.)
Painted 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).
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