Name: SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Brand: Untitled
Price: 25000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1979' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
11¾ x 17¾in. (29.9 x 45cm.)
Executed in 1979

Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Kunstauktion Pro Infirmis Zurich, 10 September 1981.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

‘Joined to these shape-allusions are the expressive qualities of Sam Francis’ color. Since 1954 his choices have persistently favored the high-keyed hues of the spectrum. Color is saturated, yet translucent, ebullient, without heaviness. His own phrase “lovely blueness,” though not referring to his painting, best describes its affective quality. Though brilliant it never over-dramatizes nor clamors for attention. Rather it beguiles by its pure and unabashed involvement with loveliness’

-Priscilla Colt
Post Lot Text
This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF79-286 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

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