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Sam Francis
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Sam Francis
- Untitled
- gouache and watercolor on paper
- 30 by 22 in. 76.2 by 56.2 cm.
- Executed in 1957.
Provenance
Gimpel Fils Gallery, Ltd., London
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in June 1957)
Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1977, Lot 405
Waddington Galleries, London
Benjamin Frankel, Jupiter, Florida (acquired from the above in 1978)
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in June 1957)
Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1977, Lot 405
Waddington Galleries, London
Benjamin Frankel, Jupiter, Florida (acquired from the above in 1978)
Waddington Galleries, London
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Ltd., Sam Francis: Oil Paintings and Watercolours, May - June 1957, cat. no. 17
New York, Helly Nahmad Gallery, Sam Francis, May 2010
New York, Sotheby's S|2, Sam Francis: The Exploration of Color, September - October 2011, cat. no. 6, p. 21, illustrated in color
New York, Hammer Galleries, On Paper, April - August 2012
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, June - August 2014
New York, Helly Nahmad Gallery, Sam Francis, May 2010
New York, Sotheby's S|2, Sam Francis: The Exploration of Color, September - October 2011, cat. no. 6, p. 21, illustrated in color
New York, Hammer Galleries, On Paper, April - August 2012
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, June - August 2014
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The lateral and bottom edges of the sheet are deckled. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s working method. The sheet has yellowed slightly and the colors have faded slightly with age. Under very close inspection there is a minor ¼-inch tear approximately 6-inches from the top of the left edge. The sheet is hinged verso intermittently along the top edge to the matte. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"The painting of Sam Francis imposes…no prior definition on us and thus runs no risk of deceiving us. It is by turns a solution composed of clouds swallowing a very pure nectar, the soft and veiled effervescence of a spring decanted through a filer of honey-colored sand, a snowy sherbet saturated with pink blood…It is less and yet more than that, it is everything and nothing, it is the fullness of the void.”
Georges Duthuit
Michelle Waldberg, Metaphysics of the Void, New York 1988, p. 12
Georges Duthuit
Michelle Waldberg, Metaphysics of the Void, New York 1988, p. 12