“[The present work] allows a filtering of untouched surface to alternate with and modify color areas, a practice gleaned from Cézanne in his late watercolors... the spectrum of high-pitched yellows and oranges is contrasted by the complementary reds, thus completing the major triad of primary colors.”
—William C. Agee
The present work illustrated on the cover of the exhibition catalog for Lawrence Rubin / Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, Sam Francis Paintings & Works on Paper from the 1950s, November 11–December 30, 1999. Provenance
Lawrence Rubin / Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2000)
Christie's, London, June 28, 2018, lot 120
Acquired at the above sale by the present ownerExhibited
New York, Lawrence Rubin / Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, Sam Francis Paintings & Works on Paper from the 1950s, November 11–December 30, 1999, pl. 1, pp. 5–6, 14 (illustrated on the Cover and on p. 14)
Literature
Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, no. SF52-052, online (illustrated)
Property from a Prominent New York Collection
109
Untitled
signed and dated "Sam Francis 1952" on the reverse
watercolor on paper
22 1/8 x 29 3/4 in. (56.2 x 75.6 cm)
Executed in 1952.
Estimate
$180,000 - 250,000
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
New York Auction 15 November 2023
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