Sam Francis

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

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Description

Sam Francis
Untitled
signed, dated 1959 and dedicated Pour Jean Rouge April 11 1987 on the reverse
oil on canvas
65 by 53.5cm.; 25 5/8 by 21 1/8 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble on temporary loan, 1993-98

Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation Archives under number SF59-53

"Everything that grows out of emotion is all right... Colour is the real substance for me, the real underlying thing which drawing and line are not." (Sam Francis cited in Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, Sam Francis Paintings 1947-1972, 1972-1973, pp. 14-18)