Contemporary Discoveries

Sam Francis

Untitled (Composition SFF 1699)

Lot Closed

May 25, 01:43 PM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 55,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Sam Francis

1923 - 1994

Untitled (Composition SFF 1699)

stamped ‘The Sam Francis Estate’ on the reverse

acrylic on canvas

Executed in 1994

This work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation under the n. SFP 94–12.

(con timbro 'The Sam Francis Estate' sul retro

acrilico su tela

Eseguito nel 1994

Opera registrata presso la Sam Francis Foundation con il n. SFP 94-12.)

cm 46x38; inches 18.11 by 14.96

Framed: cm 52x44x4,3; inches 20.47 by 17.32 by 1.69

‡ Please note that this item has been imported under a temporary customs licence

‡ Lotto in temporanea importazione doganale

Estate of the artist

Private Collection, Europe

Galeri Faurschou, Copenhagen

Kaare Berntsen, Oslo

Dorotheum, Contemporary Art, Part I, 10 June 2015, lot 783

Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario)

Debra Burchet-Lere, Sam Francis, Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994, 2011, n. SFF 1699

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Last Works, 1995

Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, Sam Francis: The Last Works, 1999, pp. 12-13, illustrated

Olso, Kaare Berntsen Galleri, Sam Francis: De siste arbeider, 2005