Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994). Untitled, 1984. Acrylic on canvas. 12-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches (31.8 x 27.3 cm). Signed an...

Description

Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994)
Untitled, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
12-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches (31.8 x 27.3 cm)
Signed and inscribed verso: For Ed / love from Sam / Sam Francis

PROVENANCE:
Edwin Janss, Jr., California;
Dagny Janss Corcoran, California;
Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California, October 23, 1997, lot 5374 [Sold to benefit the Alliance for the Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, California];
Private collection, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the above.

NOTE:
This work is included in the Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, published by the University of California Berkeley Press (UC Press: 2011) under the No. SFF.1104 and is also registered in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation with the No. SFP84-309. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.


More information about Sam Francis. See also: Francis, Sam, Francis, Samuel Lewis Artist.



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