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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 11, 2016 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session | 267 | $****** - ****** | Untitled | |||
Nov 22, 1995 | Francis Briest | Paris | Abstract & Contemporary Paintings | 22 | $****** - ****** | Untitled |
paintings
152.4 x 91.8 cm (60 x 36.14 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1986' (on the reverse)
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Private collection, Paris, 1987
Anon. sale; Briest Auction, Paris, 22 November 1995, lot 22
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, Sam Francis 1986: Oeuvres sur toile et sur papier , November 1986–January 1987. Amsterdam, Gallery Delaive, Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946–1992 , December 2010-February 2011, p. 40 (illustrated)
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994 , Berkeley, 2011, no. SFF.1372, DVD I (illustrated)
