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Details
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Sam Francis Sam Francis PARIS 1952' (on the reverse)
gouache and ink on paper
24 × 19 1⁄8 in. (60.9 × 48.5 cm.)
Painted in 1952.
Untitled
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Sam Francis Sam Francis PARIS 1952' (on the reverse)
gouache and ink on paper
24 × 19 1⁄8 in. (60.9 × 48.5 cm.)
Painted in 1952.
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London, 1957
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, California
Minami Gallery, Tokyo, 1977
Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, 1978
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2018, lot 212
Private collection, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, California
Minami Gallery, Tokyo, 1977
Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, 1978
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2018, lot 212
Private collection, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Contemporary Great Masters: Sam Francis, Tokyo, 1994, p. 89, pl. 63 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SFF5.134 (illustrated).
D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SFF5.134 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Pavilion des Arts; Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Tokyo, Ogawa Art Foundation, Yayoi Gallery; L’oeuvre de Sam Francis dans les collections du Musée Idemitsu, September-December 1987, n.p., no. 6 (illustrated; titled New Gold Home).
Toyama, Museum of Modern Art; Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Museum of Art Ehime; Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art; Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum and Oita City Art Museum, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, August 2002-October 2003, n.p., no. 6 (illustrated; titled New Gold Home).
Zurich, Galerie Von Vertes, Envisioning Freedom: The Rebellious Stokes of Abstract Expressionism, digital, May-June 2024.
Toyama, Museum of Modern Art; Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Museum of Art Ehime; Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art; Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum and Oita City Art Museum, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, August 2002-October 2003, n.p., no. 6 (illustrated; titled New Gold Home).
Zurich, Galerie Von Vertes, Envisioning Freedom: The Rebellious Stokes of Abstract Expressionism, digital, May-June 2024.
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