Sale 2093
New York
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30 June 2008
Price realised
USD 17,500
Estimate
Sam Francis (1923-1994) Untitled signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1968' (on the reverse) acrylic on paper 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.) Painted in 1968.
Provenance
Galerie Thomas, Munich Acquired from the artist's estate by the present owner
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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 SF68-008.
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