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Details
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Untitled
acrylic on shaped canvas mounted on panel
diameter: 60 in. (152.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1987
Untitled
acrylic on shaped canvas mounted on panel
diameter: 60 in. (152.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1987
Provenance
Private collection, acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2001, lot 214.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2001, lot 214.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, cat. no. SFF.1454 (illustrated in color on DVD I).
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