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Property from an Esteemed European Collection

Sam Francis

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