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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 18, 2022 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale | 258 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
paintings
150.2 x 241.9 cm (59.13 x 95.25 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed, signed again with the artist's initials and dated 'S.F. 1980 Sam Francis' (on the reverse)
Abbaye de Senanque, Gordes, France
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern
Studio Marconi, Milano
Gordes, L'Abbaye de Sénanque, Centre International de Création Artistique, Sam Francis: Oeuvres nouvelles , May-August 1980, p. 7.
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis: Recent Work , April-May 1981.
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Sam Francis: Ausstellung, Ölbilder und farbige Zeichnungen von 1976-1983 , March-April 1983.
Milan, Studio Marconi, Sam Francis: Opere dal 1960 al 1983 , May-June 1983.
Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Sam Francis: 1923-1994 , March-April 1995.
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkley, 2011, cat no. SFF.770, DVD 1 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994 , digital, ongoing, no. SFP.80-36 (illustrated).
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed, signed again with the artist's initials and dated 'S.F. 1980 Sam Francis' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
59 1/8 x 95 1/4 in. (150 x 243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1980.
