Live Auction 19587Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Lot 434 PROPERTY FROM THE FOUNDATION MIREILLE AND JAMES LEVY

SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

Untitled

Closed25 March 2021

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GBP 162,500

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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1984' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
36 x 36in. (91.6 x 91.6cm.)
Painted in 1984

Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham.
Private Collection, USA.
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 4 May 1989, lot 255.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘I like to fly, to soar, to float like a cloud, but I am tied down to place. No matter where I am ... it’s always the same. Painting is a way in and out’
– Sam Francis