Lot 30
30
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. BENJAMIN AND DR. GLORIA ENGEL
Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed 'Sam Francis' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
36 ¼ x 36 1/8 in. (92.1 x 91.8 cm.)
Painted in 1986.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
Literature
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, cat. no. SFF1337, DVD I (illustrated).
Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946-1992, exh. cat, Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, 2010, p. 40 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: New Paintings, April-May 1987.
Further Details
"Manner, gesture, sound, line, and color – in these we have a primitive, pure, and direct means of expression." - Sam Francis

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.1337 and is also registered in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation with the No. SFP86-73. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

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