Live Auction 2441Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 206

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Abstract Composition

Closed12 May 2011

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USD 92,500

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Abstract Composition
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1973' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
26¾ x 39¾ in. (67.9 x 100.9 cm.)
Painted in 1973.

Galerie Kornfeld und Cie, Bern
Gimpel Fils, London
Saul P. Steinberg, New York
His sale; Christie's, New York, 13 May 1981, lot 65
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

This work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation Archives under number SF73-045 or SF73-108 and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of paintings and works on paper, edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and published by the University of California Press.