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Sam Francis
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Sam Francis
- Untitled
- signed and dated 1986 on the reverse
- acrylic on canvas
- 48 by 132 in. 122 by 335.3 cm.
- Executed in 1986, this work is registered with the Estate of Sam Francis as archive number SFP86-55.
Provenance
Acquired by the previous owner directly from the artist
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Sam Francis: 1986 Oeuvres sur Toile et sur Papier, November 1986 - January 1987
Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The Paintings of Sam Francis from the Collection of Jean Rouge, March - June 1996, cat. no. 7, illustrated in color
Literature
Yves Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 58, illustrated in color
Catalogue Note
In 1986, the collector Jean Rouge first encountered the majestic multicolored paintings by California artist, Sam Francis. Inspired by the riveting cacophony of color and form, Jean Rouge immediately sought to befriend the artist whose works he had begun collecting, a bond that would ultimately thrive under a shared mutual solace in part to their shared affliction of cancer. Jean Rouge sought refuge in the lively surfaces of the artist’s expansive canvases, ascribing to the artist’s belief in the healing properties of art and the influence that color bears on the health of one’s spirit, mind and body. (Exh. Cat. Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The Paintings of Sam Francis from the Collection of Jean Rouge, 1996, p. 2)