Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed, dated and numbered 'Sam Francis 1990 SF90-01 #3850' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
72 x 39½ in. (182.9 x 100.3 cm.)
Painted in 1990.
Provenance
Estate of Sam Francis
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive and Galerie Willy Schoots at Arti et Amicitiae, Sam Francis, April–May, 1990, n.p., n. 35 (illustrated in color).
Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum and Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Sam Francis Now, Paintings 1989-1990, June-September 1990, n.p., n.1 (illustrated in color).
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Sam Francis: 40 Years of Friendship–Werke 1945–1990, March-April 1991, n.p., n. 78 (illustrated in color).
Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Houston, Menil Collection; Sweden, Malmo Konsthall; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Rome, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Sam Francis Paintings (1947-1990), March 1999-Januray 2001, n.p., n. 78 (illustrated in color).
Further Details
“Manner, gesture, sound, line, and color – in these we have a primitive, pure, and direct means of expression.”
(S. Francis, Sam Francis: Monotype Prints and Other Works, Ogawa Art Foundation, Tokyo, 1990, n.p.).

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Lot Essay

This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF90-01 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

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