Lot 526
  • 526

SAM FRANCIS | Mukta

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Mukta 
  • acrylic on paper
  • 46 by 56.8 cm; 18⅛ by 22⅜ in. 
signed, titled, dated 1990, and inscribed PT. REYES 90 on the reverse

Provenance

Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF90-175 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

Exhibited

Japan, Tokyo, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, 27 June – 6 August 2000 (and traveling), p. 60, no. 59 (illustrated in color)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Deckle edges and minor yellow hue of paper are inherent to the artist's chosen medium. Minor air bubbles are observed to be scarcely scattered over thickly painted areas which is consistent with artist's chosen method of execution. Framed under glass.
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