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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 23, 2025 | Christie's | Paris | Avant-Garde(s) including Thinking Italian | 21A | $****** - ****** | Deep Blue |
paintings
251.1 x 153 cm (98.88 x 60.25 in)
huile sur toile, oil on canvas
Amélie Matisse, Aix-en-Provence (acquis auprès de l"artiste, vers 1955).
Georges et Marguerite Duthuit, Paris (par descendance, vers 1958).
Claude Duthuit, Paris (par descendance, vers 1973).
Puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel.
Paris, Galerie Rive Droite, Sam Francis , avril-mai 1955, no. 2 ou 5 (titré "Extended blue" ou "Blue").
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter: Art in the 20th Century , juin-juillet 1955, p. 13 (titré "Blue"; dimensions erronées).
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, First New York Exhibition of Paintings by Sam Francis , février-mars 1956, no. 9.
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Sam Francis , février-mars 1959, no. 6 (daté "1954").
Berne, Kunsthalle, Sam Francis , mai-juillet 1960, no. 14 (titré "Black").
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Sam Francis: Sweet Beat , septembre-octobre 1960, p. 23, no. 11 (titré "Black").
Londres, Tate Gallery; Cardiff, National Museum of Wales; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, The Ecole de Paris, mai-septembre 1962, no. 53.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Oakland, Oakland Museum, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1972 , septembre 1972-août 1973, p. 26, no. 19 (illustré, p. 50).
Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Pintura estadounidense: Expresionismo Abstracto , octobre 1996-février 1997, pp. 350 et 568, no. 18 (illustré en couleurs, p. 351).
J. Reeves, "Albright-Knox: Sam Francis" Paintings Charged with Furious Power of His Insight", in Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, 12 septembre 1972.
D. Burchett-Lere, Sam Francis : Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994 , Glendale, 2011, no. SFF.123 (illustré en couleurs DVD I).
Sam Francis: Les années parisiennes 1950-1961 , cat. exp., Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1995 (une vue in situ illustrée, p. 175).
Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project , 2020, no. SFF.123.
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Deep Blue
huile sur toile
251 x 153 cm.
Peint en 1952-53
oil on canvas
98 7/8 x 60 ¼ in.
Painted in 1952-53
