Sam Francis (1923-1994)

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Details

Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1984' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
72 x 36¼ in. (182.8 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1984.

Provenance

Private collection
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 425
Private collection

Literature

M. Waldberg, "Sam Francis: Metaphysics of the Void," in M. Paquet, ed., Philosophy of the Arts, Toronto, 1987, p. 181 (illustrated in color).
Y. Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 104 (illustrated in
color).

Exhibited

Birmingham, Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Sam Francis, 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 SFF.974.

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Lot Essay

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