Sam Francis

Estate of the Artist
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam 
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive; Amstelveen, Museum Jan van der Togt, Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, November 2004 - January 2005, p. 31, illustrated in color
Bratislava, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Sam Francis: Retrospective in Blue, June - August 2010, pp. 96-97, illustrated in color
Paris, Galerie Le Feuvre, JonOne/Sam Francis: Past-Present, May - June 2013
New York, S|2, Born in a Minute: Color Field Painting from the 1950s-1970s, September - October 2014, cat. no. 5, pp. 36-37 and 39, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled. The sheet has discolored slightly with age and there is evidence of foxing. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method. Upon close inspection, soft creases are visible in the upper right and lower left corners and there is slight creasing throughout. There is a minor tear at the lower right edge and a slight tear 5½-inches from the left edge and 6-inches from the bottom edge. This work has not been inspected out of its frame. Framed under Plexiglas.
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"Color is light on fire. Each color is the result of burning, for each substance burns with a particular color." Sam Francis