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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 20, 2024 | Hindman Auctions | New York | Center Stage: The Laura Pels Collection | Act I: Fine Art | 45 | $****** - ****** | Composition (Painting 1953) |
Works on Paper
77.8 x 57.8 cm (30.63 x 22.75 in)
watercolor on paper
Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London The Collection of Allan Sirotto, 1958 Leon Mnuchin, New York Sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, February 27, 1963, Lot 11 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 1974 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York Galerie Matignon, Paris Sold: Sotheby"s, November 29, 1995, Lot 21 Private Collection Sold: Versailles Enchères Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, June 29, 1997, Lot 71 Galerie Charles Zalber, Paris Exhibited: London, England, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Ltd., Sam Francis: Oil Paintings and Watercolours, May 16 - June 8, 1957, no. 6 London, England, Gimpel Fils Gallery, Ltd., Summer Exhibition, July - August, 1957, no. 17 New York, New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Sam Francis, June 4 - 29, 1963 Paris, France, La Délégation À L"action Artistique De la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1945 - 1956: Peintres de l"abstraction lyrique à Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, June 5 - July 6, 1980, no. 35, pp. 20, illus. Anjou, France, Collégiale St. Pierre la Cour, Presence de l"Art Contemporain en Anjou, 1989 Le Mans, France, Collégiale St. Pierre la Cour, Abstraction lyrique, 1989 Literature: Debra Burchett-Lere (ed.), Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, included as number SFF5.182, illus.
Sam Francis
(American, 1923-1994)
Composition (Painting 1953)
watercolor on paper
30 5/8 x 22 3/4 inches.
