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

Untitled

Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed 'Sam Francis' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
44 x 44 in. (111.7 x 111.7 cm.)
Painted in 1986.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Sam Francis: 1957-1986, exh. cat., Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, 1987 (illustrated).
Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, exh. cat., Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 90 and 96 (illustrated).
Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946-1992, exh. cat., Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, 2010, pp. 40 and 44 (illustrated).
Sam Francis: Retrospective in Blue, exh. cat., Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, 2010, p. 272 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, no. SFF.1358, DVD I (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: New Paintings, April-May 1987.

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Lot Essay

This work is included in the Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, published by the University of California Berkeley Press (UC Press: 2011) under the No. SFF.1358 and is also registered in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation with the No. SFP86-126. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

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