Live Auction 15975Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 609 Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Closed16 November 2018

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USD 187,500

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1980' (on the reverse)
acrylic on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
58 ¼ x 36 1/8 in. (147.9 x 91.7 cm.)
Painted in 1980.

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981

Specialist note

This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF80-156 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

“Color is a pattern that plays across the membrane of the mind. Color is a series of harmonies everywhere in the universe being divine whole numbers lasting forever adrift in time.” – Sam Francis