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Sam Francis

Untitled

Lot closes

October 2, 06:11 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Starting Bid

16,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Sam Francis

1923 - 1994

 

Untitled

signed, dated twice 1973 LA and variously inscribed (on the verso)

gouache on paper

22 by 30 in.

56 by 76 cm.

Executed in 1973.

Private Collection, Santa Monica (acquired directly from the artist)

Sotheby’s New York, 8 October 1988, lot 116 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection

Christie’s London, 28 June 1990, lot 512 (consigned by the above)

Urban Co., Ltd, Nagoya, Japan

Acquired from the above in July 1994 by the present owner

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: New Work on Paper, April – May 1975

Riverside, California, Loma Linda University Art Gallery, Roy and Frances Brandstater Gallery, Sam Francis: Works on Paper 1953–1986—The Ranchito Collection, February – March 1987, no. 10, illustrated

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., "Untitled, Dated as November 1973 (SF73-030)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, ongoing, illustrated (online)