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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 14, 2021 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Online | New York | 72 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Blue Sky Painting (SF60-044) |
Works on Paper
30.5 x 30.5 cm (12 x 12 in)
gouache on paper
signed on the reverse
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo American Center; Fukuoka City, Japan, Fukuoka City Museum of Art; Kyoto City, Japan, Kyoto City Museum of Art; Osaka, Japan, Osaka American Center; Manila, Philippines, American Cultural Center; Manila, Philippines, Gallery of the Cultural Center for Philippines; Taipei, Taiwan, American Institute in Taiwan American Cultural Center; Kaohsiung, Taiwan, American Institute in Taiwan, Cultural Center; Hong Kong, Pao-Sui Loong Galleries, Hong Kong Art Centre (A Hong Kong Arts Centre and American Consulate General joint presentation); Seoul, South Korea, American Embassy Exhibition Hall; Taegu, South Korea; Pusan, South Korea; Kwangju, South Korea, Sam Francis: Works on Paper, a Survey 1948-1979, September 1971 - June 1981
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Riva Yares Gallery, Sam Francis: Paintings on Paper and Monotypes , December 1994
Madrid, Sala de las Alhajas, Fundación Caja de Madrid, Sam Francis: Elementos y arquetipos , April - June 1997
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Blue Sky Painting (SF60-044)
signed on the reverse
gouache on paper
Sheet: 12 by 12 in. (30.5 by 30.5 cm.)
Framed: 21¼ by 21 in. (54 by 53.3 cm.)
Executed in 1960.
This work is identified with the identification number of SF60-044 in the Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project.
