Lot 268
268
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
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Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sam Francis Feb. 1970 Bern' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
27¼ x 41in. (69 x 104.2cm.)
Executed in 1970
Provenance
The Estate of Sam Francis, California.
Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 26 February 2007, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Chac Mool Contemporary Fine Art, California: State of the Art/Art of the State, 1997.
Rome, Galleria Il Gabbiano, Sam Francis, 1998-1999, no. 4 (illustrated in colour, p. 6).
San Francisco, Brian Gross Fine Art, Sam Francis: Work on Paper from the Sixties, 2001.
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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This work is registered in the artist's records and catalogue raisonné documentation files with the archival identification numbers of SF69-1007 and SF70-033 as research is in progress for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper, edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and coordinated by the Sam Francis Foundation.

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