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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 15, 2013 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 150 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
paintings
365.7 x 365.7 cm (143.98 x 143.98 in)
acrylic on canvas
stamp signed on the reverse; stamped by the Sam Francis Estate on the reverse.
Estate of the artist
Private Collection, United Kingdom
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, 1999, cat. no. 50, p. 47, illustrated in color; Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: The Unknown Works from the 1990's, 2005, pp. 76-77, illustrated in color; Exh. Cat., Bratislava, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Sam Francis: Retrospective in Blue, 2010, pp. 252 and 274, illustrated in color; Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of the Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, California, 2011, fig. 143, p. 129, illustrated in color and on DVD
