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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Painting 1957
watercolour
14¾ x 11 in. (37.5 x 27.9 cm.)
This work is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation as archive number SF57-308.
Painting 1957
watercolour
14¾ x 11 in. (37.5 x 27.9 cm.)
This work is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation as archive number SF57-308.
Provenance
with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by the present owner in 1957 for 40 gns.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Sam Francis: Oil Paintings and Watercolours, May - June 1957, no. 24.
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Please note the following additional information for this lot:
The correct title for this work is Painting 1955 and not as stated in the catalogue entry.
signed 'Sam Francis' and dated 'N.Y. 1955' (on the reverse).
EXHIBITED:
Seattle, Washington, Zoe Dusanne Gallery, March - April 1956.
The correct archive number is SF55-136 and not as stated in the catalogue.
The work will be included in the forthcoming Sam Francis Catalogue Raisonné edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and published by the University of California Press, Berkeley.
The correct title for this work is Painting 1955 and not as stated in the catalogue entry.
signed 'Sam Francis' and dated 'N.Y. 1955' (on the reverse).
EXHIBITED:
Seattle, Washington, Zoe Dusanne Gallery, March - April 1956.
The correct archive number is SF55-136 and not as stated in the catalogue.
The work will be included in the forthcoming Sam Francis Catalogue Raisonné edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and published by the University of California Press, Berkeley.