Lot Essay
This work is registered with the Sam Francis Estate as archive number SFP48-4.
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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Composition
Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Composition
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 48' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 x 40¼ in. (91.5 x 102.3 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Composition
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 48' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 x 40¼ in. (91.5 x 102.3 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Provenance
Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1972, p. 36, no. 3 (illustrated).