Sale 9278
Los Angeles
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 2,530
Estimate
Sam Francis Untitled, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary (L. L263) lithograph in colors, 1983, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 62/250 (there were also 30 artist's proofs), the full sheetapparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frame, framed S. 42 x 28 in. (1067 x 734 mm.)
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