Contemporary Art | New York
Contemporary Art | New York
Lot Closed
July 17, 04:04 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
SAM FRANCIS
1923 - 1994
UNTITLED
acrylic on paper, mounted to panel
12½ by 16⅛ in. (31.7 by 40.9 cm.)
Executed in 1994.
Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2000
Burchett-Lere, Debra, Ed. "Untitled, Dated 1994 (SF94-031; SFP94-10)." Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Last Works, May - September 1995
Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, The Complete (152) Paintings from the Last Studio of Sam Francis, June 1997
Hamburg, Galerie Gabriele Von Loeper, Sam Francis: Letzte Bilder und Papierarbeiten, September - November 1999
Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, Sam Francis: The Last Works, March - June 1999
Copenhagen, Galerie Egelund, Sam Francis: The Last Works, September - October 2005
Oslo, Kaare Berntsen Galleri, Sam Francis: De siste arbeider, February - January 2005
Palm Desert and Jackson Hole, Heather James Fine Art, Sam Francis, November 2018 - October 2019, pp. 28-29, illustrated in color (exhibition catalogue)
In July through September of 1994 Francis was confined to a wheelchair because of his failing health. Only able to use his left arm, he created approximately 170 paintings, of which 152 are now known as "The Last Works." The present work is one among these few created during this time near the end of the artist’s life and career.