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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 10, 2012 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 198 | $****** - ****** | Untitled | |||
May 16, 2007 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art - Morning | 313 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
paintings
122 x 335.3 cm (48.03 x 132.01 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1986 on the reverse
Jean Rouge, Scottsdale (acquired directly from the artist)
Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2007, lot 313
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exh. Cat., Nantenshi Gallery, Sam Francis: 1957-1986, Tokyo, 1987, illustrated; "Sam Francis: Paris années 50," Art Press 127, July - August 1988, p. 21, illustrated; Yves Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 58, illustrated in color; Pontus Hultén, Sam Francis, Bonn, 1993, p. 412, illustrated; Exh. Cat., Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: Remembering 1923-1994, Amsterdam, 2004, p. 90, illustrated; Exh. Cat., Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946-1992, Amsterdam, 2010, pp. 26 and 44, illustrated; Debra Burchett-Lere and William C. Agee, Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkeley, 2011, cat. no. SFF.1324
