Details

Provenance

Estate of the artist Private Collection, Europe Galeri Faurschou, Copenhagen Kaare Berntsen, Oslo Dorotheum, Contemporary Art, Part I , 10 June 2015, lot 783 Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario)

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Last Works , 1995 Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, Sam Francis: The Last Works , 1999, pp. 12-13, illustrated Olso, Kaare Berntsen Galleri, Sam Francis: De siste arbeider, 2005

Literature

Debra Burchet-Lere, Sam Francis, Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994 , 2011, n. SFF 1699

Catalog summary

Sam Francis 1923 - 1994 Untitled (Composition SFF 1699) stamped ‘The Sam Francis Estate’ on the reverse acrylic on canvas Executed in 1994 This work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation under the n. SFP 94–12. (con timbro 'The Sam Francis Estate' sul retro acrilico su tela Eseguito nel 1994 Opera registrata presso la Sam Francis Foundation con il n. SFP 94-12.) cm 46x38; inches 18.11 by 14.96 Framed: cm 52x44x4,3; inches 20.47 by 17.32 by 1.69 ‡ Please note that this item has been imported under a temporary customs licence ‡ Lotto in temporanea importazione doganale Provenance Estate of the artist Private Collection, Europe Galeri Faurschou, Copenhagen Kaare Berntsen, Oslo Dorotheum, Contemporary Art, Part I , 10 June 2015, lot 783 Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario) Literature Debra Burchet-Lere, Sam Francis, Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994 , 2011, n. SFF 1699 Exhibited Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Last Works , 1995 Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, Sam Francis: The Last Works , 1999, pp. 12-13, illustrated Olso, Kaare Berntsen Galleri, Sam Francis: De siste arbeider, 2005