Lot 107
Untitled SFF.771
Sold
$571,500
Est $250,000 - $350,000
Live Auction
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE, MORNING SESSION
ARTIST
Sam Francis
Size
95 1/4 x 59 in. (241.9 x 149.9 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION, LOS ANGELES

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Signature
Painted in 1980.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York Private Collection Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, no. SFP80-41, online (illustrated)
Exhibited
Gordes, L'Abbaye de Sénanque, Centre International de Création Artistique, Sam Francis: Oeuvres nouvelles, May 31–August 10, 1980 New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: Recent Work, April 23–May 22, 1981 (exhibited as the middle panel in a triptych) Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Sam Francis: Ausstellung, Ölbider und farbige Zeichnungen von 1976-1983, March 16–April 14, 1983, no. 6 (illustrated) Milan, Studio Marconi, Sam Francis: Opere dal 1960 al 1983, May 12–June 15, 1983