Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Property from an Esteemed European Collection
Composition No. 6
Auction Closed
May 14, 09:30 PM GMT
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Esteemed European Collection
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Composition No. 6
signed and dated 1973 (on the reverse)
acrylic and oil on canvas
71 ¾ by 59 ⅞ in.
182.3 by 152.1 cm.
Executed in 1973.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's London, 27 June 1991, lot 63 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above)
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Acquired from the above in March 1995 by the present owner
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed. Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994. Berkeley, 2011, no. 597, illustrated in color
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: New Paintings, October - November 1973
Madrid, Galeria Theo, Gran formato, January - February 1976
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