Live Auction 18982Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 236 Property from the Foundation Mireille and James Lévy

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

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Closed3 December 2020

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USD 225,000

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
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signed, inscribed and dated 'Sam Francis Tokyo 1971' (on the reverse)
acrylic and oil on canvas
51 ¾ x 64 in. (131.4 x 162.6 cm.)
Painted in 1971.

Galerie Kornfeld und Cie, Bern
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, 1974
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1975, lot 105
Waddington Galleries, London
William Pall Gallery, New York
Private collection, St. Louis, 1978
Anon. sale; Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 18 November 1981, lot 45
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark." -- Sam Francis