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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 268 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Closed15 February 2012

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GBP 22,500

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sam Francis Feb. 1970 Bern' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
27¼ x 41in. (69 x 104.2cm.)
Executed in 1970

The Estate of Sam Francis, California.
Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 26 February 2007, lot 37.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This work is registered in the artist's records and catalogue raisonné documentation files with the archival identification numbers of SF69-1007 and SF70-033 as research is in progress for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper, edited by Debra Burchett-Lere and coordinated by the Sam Francis Foundation.