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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 31, 2012 | Christie's | Paris | Art Contemporain | 7 | $****** - ****** | Blue Balls-Blue I |
paintings
92 x 73 cm (36.22 x 28.74 in)
acrylic and oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1960' (verso)
Collection Sonje Henie-Niels Onstad, Norvège.
Collection privée, États-Unis.
Collection privée, Genève. Galerie Beyeler, Suisse.
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's New York, 21 mai 1983, lot 443. Waddington Galleries, Londres.
Collection privée, Londres.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Sam Francis: Sweet Bear, septembre-octobre 1960, No. 33. Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus; Göteborg, Göteborgs Konstmuseum; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Hambourg, Kunsthalle Hamburg; Essen, Museum Folkwang; Stuttgart, Kunstgebäude; Francfort, Haus des deutschen Kunsthandwerks; Bâle, Kunsthalle Basel; Londres, Tate Gallery; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne; Edimbourg, Royal Scottish Academy; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery; La Haye, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Collection Sonja Henie-Niels Onstad, novembre 1960-janvier 1963 (Oslo, No. 97, illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 117; Göteborg, illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 63). Londres, Waddington Galleries, Groups VII, janvier 1984, No. 40 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition p. 46). Paris, Christie's France, Un art autre? Artistes autour de Michel Tapié, janvier-mars 2012 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 85).
