LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

74.49 in. (189.20 cm.) (height) by 63.46 in. (161.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Sam Francis 55' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Paris, Rive Droite, Sam Francis, April 22-May 20, 1955. Paris, Centre Culturel Americain, Sam Francis, Kimber Smith and Shirley Jaffe, June-July 1958. Kunsthalle Bern, Sam Francis, May-July 1960, no. 23. Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Sam Francis, April-May 1963, no. 15. Houston, Museum of Fine Arts and Berkeley, University of California Art Museum, Sam Francis: Retrospective, October 1967-February 1968. Kunsthalle Basel; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, April-November 1968, no. 30. Cases-de-Pêne, Fondation Château de Jau, Des américains à Paris, June-August 1988. Museo d'arte Mendrisio, Sam Francis, May-July 1997, pp. 71 and 95 (illustrated in color). Konsthall Malmo; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Renia Sofia and Rome, Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Sam Francis, January 2000-January 2001.

Literature:

M. Pleynet, ed., Sam Francis: Histoire et Philosophie de l'Art Collection, Paris, 1992, p. 76 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Galerie Rive Droite, Paris. Franz Meyer, Zurich. His sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2001, lot 9. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.