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Untitled (Blue Balls)
Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled (Blue Balls)
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 61' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
15 3/8 x 10 ½in. (39.1 x 26.7cm.)
Executed in 1961
Untitled (Blue Balls)
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 61' (on the reverse)
gouache on paper
15 3/8 x 10 ½in. (39.1 x 26.7cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
The Litho Shop, Santa Monica.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993.
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections, 2013-2014, no. 42 (illustrated in colour, p. 85).
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Further Details
This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF61-1041 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.
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