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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 241

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Sriel Coral Free II

Closed21 October 2008

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GBP 79,250

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Sriel Coral Free II
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1971' and with the Sam Francis Estate Stamp (on the reverse); numbered twice 'SFP71-5' (on the overlap) and numbered 'SFP71-5' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 72in. (213.3 x 182.9cm.)
Painted in 1971

The Estate of Sam Francis.
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

My starting point
Has no dimension

Neither in time
Neither in colour
Space
Or death
But is a unified
Even wave with intensity

-Sam Francis

This work will be included in the forthcoming Sam Francis Catalogue Raisonné edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and published by the University of California Press, and is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation as archive number SFP71-5.