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Works from the Estate of Ben and Natalie Heineman
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1980' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
50 x 144 in. (127 x 365.7 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1980' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
50 x 144 in. (127 x 365.7 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
Provenance
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, New York
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988
Private Collection, New York
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988
Literature
P. Selz, Sam Francis, exh. cat., New York, 1982, p. 286 (illustrated).
Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, exh. cat., Amsterdam, 2004, p. 98 (illustrated).
Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946-1992, exh. cat., Amsterdam, 2010, p. 2 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné, Berkeley, 2011, no. SFF.748 (illustrated in color).
Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, exh. cat., Amsterdam, 2004, p. 98 (illustrated).
Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946-1992, exh. cat., Amsterdam, 2010, p. 2 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné, Berkeley, 2011, no. SFF.748 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Riko Mizuno Gallery, Sam Francis: Work Dedicated to Kusuo Shimizu, March-April 1980.
Gordes, France, L'Abbaye de Sénanque, Centre International de Création Artistique, Sam Francis: Ouevres nouvelles May-August 1980.
Pacific Design Center of Los Angeles, A Broad Spectrum: Contemporary Los Angeles Painters and Sculptures '84, In Celebration of the Twenty-Third Olympiad, June-August, 1984.
Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Sam Francis: New Paintings, November-December 1985.
Gordes, France, L'Abbaye de Sénanque, Centre International de Création Artistique, Sam Francis: Ouevres nouvelles May-August 1980.
Pacific Design Center of Los Angeles, A Broad Spectrum: Contemporary Los Angeles Painters and Sculptures '84, In Celebration of the Twenty-Third Olympiad, June-August, 1984.
Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, Sam Francis: New Paintings, November-December 1985.
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