Raumbeispiel
319
Sam Francis
From Tokyo #4, 1971.
Acrylic on paper
Estimation:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,250 Résultat:
€ 19,350 / $ 22,252 ( frais d'adjudication compris)
319
Sam Francis
From Tokyo #4, 1971.
Acrylic on paper
Estimation:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,250 Résultat:
€ 19,350 / $ 22,252 ( frais d'adjudication compris)
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
From Tokyo #4. 1971.
Acrylic on paper.
Signed on the reverse. On Arches wove paper (with watermark and blindstamp "VÉRITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES FIN). 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22.2 x 30.1 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• Sam Francis is one of the most important representatives of action painting
• Created in Tokyo, Japan, the art and lifestyle of which play an essential role in the artist's oeuvre
• Concentrated colors in beam-like constructions typical of his art of the early 1970s
• In private ownership since 1973 and offered on the auction market for the first time.
The work is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, California, under the number “SF70-139;SF71-039” and is listed in the online catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: André Emmerich Gallery, Zürich (with a label on the reverse).
Private collecton, southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1973, family-owned ever since).
EXHIBITION: Sam Francis. New Paintings, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, October 27-November 14, 1973.
1923 - 1994
From Tokyo #4. 1971.
Acrylic on paper.
Signed on the reverse. On Arches wove paper (with watermark and blindstamp "VÉRITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES FIN). 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22.2 x 30.1 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• Sam Francis is one of the most important representatives of action painting
• Created in Tokyo, Japan, the art and lifestyle of which play an essential role in the artist's oeuvre
• Concentrated colors in beam-like constructions typical of his art of the early 1970s
• In private ownership since 1973 and offered on the auction market for the first time.
The work is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, California, under the number “SF70-139;SF71-039” and is listed in the online catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: André Emmerich Gallery, Zürich (with a label on the reverse).
Private collecton, southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1973, family-owned ever since).
EXHIBITION: Sam Francis. New Paintings, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, October 27-November 14, 1973.