Lot Essay
This work is registered with the Sam Francis Estate as archive number SF68-020.
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Untitled
Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1968' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
27 1/8 x 40¾ in. (68.9 x 103.5 cm.)
Painted in 1968.
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1968' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
27 1/8 x 40¾ in. (68.9 x 103.5 cm.)
Painted in 1968.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 2004, lot 250
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 2004, lot 250
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Washington D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Dallas Museum of Art and Oakland Museum of Art, Sam Francis: Paintings, September 1972-March 1973, p. 126, cat. no. 135 (illustrated).
Caracas, Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, Sam Francis, March-April 1974, cat. no. 17.
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Sam Francis: Works on Paper, September-October 1980, cat. no. 25 (this exhibition also traveled to the Phillipines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Asia).
Milan, Studio Marconi, Sam Francis: Works from 1963 to 1983, May-June 1983.
Caracas, Fundación Eugenio Mendoza, Sam Francis, March-April 1974, cat. no. 17.
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Sam Francis: Works on Paper, September-October 1980, cat. no. 25 (this exhibition also traveled to the Phillipines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Asia).
Milan, Studio Marconi, Sam Francis: Works from 1963 to 1983, May-June 1983.
Sale room notice
Please note that the dimensions should be 27 1/8 x 40¾ in. (68.9 x 103.5 cm.) and not as they are printed in the catalogue.