Live Auction 2220Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session
Christie’s roundel
Lot 228

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Closed11 November 2009

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USD 80,500

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated '1965 Sam Francis' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
21¾ x 29½ in. (55.2 x 74.9 cm.)
Painted in 1965.

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 1 October 52 1985, lot 52
Gallery 44, Kaarst
Private collection, Kirchberg
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 28 June 1990, lot 520
Private collection, Japan
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1999, lot 349

Specialist note

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, Berkeley and is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation as archive number SF65-213.