Sam Francis
Untitled , 1958 (Dated)
Lot #243 |
2021-05-01 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 300,000 - 500,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10683
Auction name: Contemporary Art Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2021-05-13
Currency: USD
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 30 ¼ by 22 ¼ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
76.8
Width In Centimeters:
56.5
Height In Inches:
30.25
Width In Inches:
22.25
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Year notes: Dated in 1958.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York André Emmerich Gallery, New York Private Collection, Beverly Hills L&M Arts, New York Private Collection, Kansas City Hackett Mill, San Francisco Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery; New York, Whitney Museum of Fine Arts; Oakland Museum of Art, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1972, September 1972 - August 1973 St. Paul, Minnesota Museum of Art; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery; Santa Barbara Museum, American Drawing 1927-1977, September 1977 - May 1978 New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis The Early Years: 1955 to 1963, June - July 1986, illustrated in color on the cover Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Zacatecas, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez, Abstracciones: Nueva York, París, Cuenca, México , November 2015 - June 2016, pp. 124-125 and 219, illustrated in color, and illustrated in color on the spine
Catalog summary
Global Abstractions: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector Sam Francis 1923 - 1994 Untitled signed and dated 1958 on the reverse gouache and watercolor on paper 30 ¼ by 22 ¼ in. 76.8 by 56.5 cm. framed: 38 ¾ by 30 ½ in. 98.4 by 77.5 cm. Provenance Martha Jackson Gallery, New York André Emmerich Gallery, New York Private Collection, Beverly Hills L&M Arts, New York Private Collection, Kansas City Hackett Mill, San Francisco Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery; New York, Whitney Museum of Fine Arts; Oakland Museum of Art, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1972, September 1972 - August 1973 St. Paul, Minnesota Museum of Art; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery; Santa Barbara Museum, American Drawing 1927-1977, September 1977 - May 1978 New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sam Francis The Early Years: 1955 to 1963, June - July 1986, illustrated in color on the cover Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; Zacatecas, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez, Abstracciones: Nueva York, París, Cuenca, México , November 2015 - June 2016, pp. 124-125 and 219, illustrated in color, and illustrated in color on the spine