Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Salamander

Details

Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Salamander
titled and dated 'Salamander 1986' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
21 ½ x 14 7/8 in. (53.9 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Provenance

Jean Rouge, Scottsdale
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 September 2010, lot 142
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, cat. no. SFF. 1364, DVD I (illustrated).

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Angles Gallery, Sam Francis, November 1986-January 1987.
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The Paintings of Sam Francis from the Collection of Jean Rouge, March-June 1996.

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.1364 and is also registered in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation with the No. SFP86-252. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

Salamander

Lot Essay

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