Sam Francis - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips
  •  “[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 owner

    • Exhibited

      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.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$180,000 - 250,000 

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023