Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Lot 124
29.06.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 151 200
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Lot 124 | Sam Francis (1923-1994)
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£ 120 000 – 180 000
Sam Francis (1923-1994)

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).



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