Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
Sam Francis
Untitled (Study for White Line)
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:15 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Untitled (Study for White Line)
signed with the initials SF (lower center)
gouache on paper mounted on panel
40¼ by 26½ in.
102.2 by 67.3 cm.
Executed circa 1958.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena (acquired directly from the artist)
Christie's New York, 5 May 1982, lot 14
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Christie's New York, 5 May 1982, lot 14
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., "Untitled (Study for White Line), Undated (0000 / Francis Archive SF58-050)," Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, Ongoing
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; Berkeley, University of California, University Art Museum, Sam Francis: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1967-1968, no. 66, p. 2, illustrated
Kunsthalle Basel; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, 1968, no. 108 (Basel), no. 73 (Karlsruhe) and no. 86 (Amsterdam)
Kunsthalle Basel; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, 1968, no. 108 (Basel), no. 73 (Karlsruhe) and no. 86 (Amsterdam)