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Sam Francis

Black and Red

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Sam Francis

1923 - 1994


Black and Red

oil on canvas

45 ⅝ by 35 in.

115.8 by 88.9 cm.

Executed in 1955.

Private Collection, Belgium (acquired directly from the artist in November 1955)

Christie's London, 11 December 1997, lot 16 (consigned by the above)

Jan and Mitsuko Shrem, Clos Pegase Winery Collection, Calistoga (acquired from the above)

Christie's London, 1 July 2014, lot 22 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Christie's London, 12 February 2020, lot 36 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkeley 2011, no. SFF.152, illustrated in color on the DVD

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., "Black and Red, Dated as November 1955 (SFF.152)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, ongoing

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Pasadena Art Museum; Seattle Art Museum, Paintings by Sam Francis, Wally Hedrick and Fred Martin; Sculpture by Wally Hedrick and Manuel Neri, February - May 1959