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    14 May 2008

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    • Sam Francis (1923-1994)
    Lot 183 | PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN ESTATE Read more

    Sam Francis (1923-1994)

    Sunrise

    Price realised

    USD 505,000

    Estimate

    USD 180,000 - USD 250,000

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    Sam Francis (1923-1994)
    Sunrise
    signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1985' (on the reverse)
    acrylic on canvas
    55 x 34 in. (139.7 x 86.4 cm.)
    Painted in 1985.

    Provenance

    Prviate collection, Los Angeles
    James Goodman Gallery, New York
    Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Sam Francis: Recent Work, November-December 1985.


    Lot Essay

    This work will be included in the forthcoming Sam Francis Catalogue raisonné edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and published by the University of California Press, Berkeley and is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation as archive number SFP85-77.

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    Saleroom Notice

    Please note, Christie's has a financial interest in lot 183.


    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN ESTATE

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