Live Auction 12724First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art | London
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 132

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Closed29 September 2016

Price Realised

GBP 15,000

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
stamped with the artist’s signature and with the Estate of Sam Francis stamp (on the reverse)
acrylic and paper collage on card
20 ½ x 13 3/8in. (52 x 34cm.)
Executed in 1990

Private Collection.
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam (acquired from the above in 2005).
Private Collection, Italy.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 15 October 2010, lot 335.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘Manner, gesture, sound, line, and color – in these we have a primitive, pure, and direct means of expression’
(S. Francis, quoted in Sam Francis: Monotype Prints and Other Works, Tokyo 1990, unpaged).