Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Details

Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
stamped with the artist’s signature and with the Estate of Sam Francis stamp (on the reverse)
acrylic and paper collage on card
20 ½ x 13 3/8in. (52 x 34cm.)
Executed in 1990

Provenance

Private Collection.
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam (acquired from the above in 2005).
Private Collection, Italy.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 15 October 2010, lot 335.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Galerie Delaive, Sam Francis; The Unknown Works from the 1990s, 2005 (illustrated in colour, p. 62).

Further Details

This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF90-289 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

Lot Essay

‘Manner, gesture, sound, line, and color – in these we have a primitive, pure, and direct means of expression’
(S. Francis, quoted in Sam Francis: Monotype Prints and Other Works, Tokyo 1990, unpaged).

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