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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 59' (on the backing paper)
watercolor and gouache on paper
38 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (97.2 x 64.1 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, Ltd., London
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel M. Terner, New York, 1959
Ms. Elaine Terner Cooper, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
Architectural Digest, vol. 50, no. 7, July 1993, p. 117 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF59-547 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.

“Color is light on fire. Each color is the result of burning, for each substance burns with a particular color.” (Francis, quoted in J. Butterfield, Sam Francis, exh. cat., Los Angeles, 1980, pp. 9-10)

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