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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 4, 2019 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 148 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | UNTITLED |
Works on Paper
79 x 110 cm (31.1 x 43.31 in)
acrylic on paper
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Paris, Pavillon des Art; Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; and Tokyo, Ogawa Art Foundation L'oeuvre de Sam Francis dans les collections du Musée Idemitsu, September 1986 - December 1987, n.p., no. 24, illustrated in colour
Toyama, Museum of Modern Art; Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art; Ehime, 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, p. 57, no. 34, illustrated in colour
Tokyo, Idemitsu Museum of Arts; Osaka, Idemitsu Museum of Arts Part I; and Osaka, Idemitsu Museum of Arts Part II, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, June 2000 - April 2001, p. 48, no. 46, illustrated in colour
Jean-François Lyotard, Sam Francis: Lesson of Darkness...Like the Paintings of a Blind Man, California 1993, n.p., illustrated in colour
acrylic on paper
79 by 110 cm. 31 by 43 1/4 in.
Executed in 1969.
