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Lot 382 R

Sam Francis - No. 7 Comment (SFP 60 - 16)

Auction 942 - overview Cologne
28.05.2009, 10:30 - Contemporary Art
Estimate: 50.000 € - 70.000 €
Result: 57.600 € (incl. premium)

Sam Francis

No. 7 Comment (SFP 60 - 16)
1960

oil on canvas. ca. 55 x 34 cm.

Certificate

With the archive number SFP 60 - 16 of the Sam Francis Estate and the Sam Francis Foundation.

We thank Debra Burchett-Lere, The Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, California, for the title information.

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (on verso label with the inventory no.5579 and inscribed (handwritten) "Sam Francis (untitled)1960" and with dimension information)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (on verso label with the inventory no.3033)

Literature

Sam Francis, Les années parisiennes 1950-1961, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris 1995/96, p.52 with a photography of the artist in his studio, in which the present work can be seen in the background.