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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
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signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1984' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
36 x 36in. (91.6 x 91.6cm.)
Painted in 1984

Provenance

Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham.
Private Collection, USA.
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 4 May 1989, lot 255.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

M. Waldberg, Sam Francis: Metaphysics of the Void, Toronto 1987 (illustrated in colour, p.102).
D. Burchett-Lere (ed.), Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkeley 2011, no. SFF.999 (illustrated in colour).
D. Burchett-Lere (ed.), Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, 2020, no. SFF.999.

Exhibited

Birmingham, Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Sam Franics, 1984.

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Lot Essay

‘I like to fly, to soar, to float like a cloud, but I am tied down to place. No matter where I am ... it’s always the same. Painting is a way in and out’
– Sam Francis

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