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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Lot 57 Property from a Florida Collection

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Untitled

Closed9 March 2021

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USD 193,750

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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1987' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
48 1/8 x 36 in. (122.2 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1987.

Heland Thordén Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm
Private collection
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996

Specialist note

My work is not just my painting – it is something else. Painting holds me in check, so to speak, or keeps me from flying off in other directions. It is a way of being anchored in the world.
—Sam Francis