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Artist |
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Sam Francis |
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Title |
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Black
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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74.5 x 63.5 in. / 189.2 x 161.2 cm. |
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Year |
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1955 - |
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Description |
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Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Black
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 55'... |
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Misc. |
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Signed |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's New York: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
[Lot 21]
Post War And Contemporary Art Evening Sale
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Estimate |
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*
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Sold For |
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*
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Provenance |
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Galerie Rive Droite, Paris
Franz Meyer, Zurich
His sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2001, lot 9
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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Exhibition |
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Paris, Rive Droite, Sam Francis, April 22-May 20, 1955.
Paris, Centre Culturel Americain, Sam Francis, Kimber Smith and Shirley Jaffe, June-July 1958.
Kunsthalle Bern, Sam Francis, May-July 1960, no. 23.
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Sam Francis, April-May 1963, no. 15.
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts and Berkeley, University of California Art Museum, Sam Francis: Retrospective, October 1967-February 1968.
Kunsthalle Basel; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, April-November 1968, no. 30.
Cases-de-Pêne, Fondation Château de Jau, Des américains à Paris, June-August 1988.
Museo d'arte Mendrisio, Sam Francis, May-July 1997, pp. 71 and 95 (illustrated in color).
Konsthall Malmo; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Renia Sofia and Rome, Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Sam Francis, January 2000-January 2001
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Literature |
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M. Pleynet, ed., Sam Francis: Histoire et Philosophie de l'Art Collection, Paris, 1992, p. 76 (illustrated)
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