Live Auction 13494Post-War and Contemporary Art
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 49

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Salamander

Closed3 March 2017

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Salamander
titled and dated 'Salamander 1986' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
21 ½ x 14 7/8 in. (53.9 x 37.8 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Jean Rouge, Scottsdale
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 September 2010, lot 142
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

This work is included in the Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, published by the University of California Berkeley Press (UC Press: 2011) under the No. SFF.1364 and is also registered in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation with the No. SFP86-252. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.