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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

UNTITLED (SFP86-54)

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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
UNTITLED (SFP86-54)
SIGNED AND DATED 'SAM FRANCIS 1986' (ON THE REVERSE)
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
48 X 132IN. (122 X 335.5CM.)
PAINTED IN 1986
Provenance
THE ESTATE OF SAM FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA.
ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE BY THE PRESENT OWNER.
Exhibited
LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, FREDERICK WIGHT ART GALLERY, VISIONS OF INNER SPACE. GESTURAL PAINTING IN MODERN AMERICAN ART, DECEMBER 1987-JANUARY 1988. THIS EXHIBITION LATER TRAVALLED TO NEW DELHI, NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, MARCH-APRIL 1988.
AMSTERDAM, GALERIE DELAIVE, SAM FRANCIS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1999 (ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR, P. 26).
Special Notice
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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, AND IS REGISTERED WITH THE SAM FRANCIS FOUNDATION AS ARCHIVE NUMBER SFP86-54.


ACCORDING TO THE SAM FRANCIS ESTATE IT WAS THE ARTIST'S INTENT THAT THIS WORK CAN BE EXHIBITED EITHER VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY.

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