SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF80-1191, 1980
Technique: Stamp Signed Acrylic on tissue thin Japan paper
Paper size: 59.7 x 45.7 cm. / 23.5 x 18 in.
Additional Information: This is an acrylic painting on tissue thin Japan paper by Sam Francis.
It was painted in 1980.
It is stamp signed “Sam Francis” verso. It also bears the ink stamp of the Sam Francis Estate, verso.
This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF80-1191 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper.
The sheet bears the inventory number from gallery Delaive, verso.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist, Santa Monica
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Paris, Cornette de Saint Cyr, 8th October 2005, lot 69
Condition: Very good condition. A soft crease in the lower left corner. Remnants of hinging, verso.
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF78-94, 1978 (red acrylic)
Technique: Stamp Signed Acrylic on Wove Paper
Paper size: 111.2 x 82 cm. / 43.7 x 32.2 in.
Additional Information: This is an acrylic painting on wove paper by Sam Francis. It was painted in 1978. It is stamped with the signature stamp and the Sam Francis Estate Stamp, verso. This work is identified with the interim identification numbers of SF78-94 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis catalogue raisonné of unique works on paper.
Exhibited: Venice Design Art Gallery, Venice, Italy. October- December 2004
Provenance: Estate of the Artist, until 1994 Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, 2000. Private Collection, Italy The work is accompanied by a certificate of documentation by the Sam Francis Foundation, California (13/01/2011)
Condition: Very good condition. Colours strong and bright. Slightly visible repaired tears present at left and right margins. Mild abrasions along edges of paper. Light handling creases throughout
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF92-55 (Acrylic), 1992
Technique: Stamp Signed Acrylic on Paper
Paper size: 57.1 x 76.2 cm. / 22.5 x 30 in.
Additional Information: This is an acrylic painting on wove paper by Sam Francis. It was painted in 1992. It is stamp signed in ink “Sam Francis” verso and it bears the ink stamp of the Sam Francis Estate, verso.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist, Venice, 1994. Private Collection, Greenwich. Martin Lawrence Ltd. Editions, New York. Private Collection, Toronto. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 7 February 2008, lot 211. This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF92-55 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper.
Literature J. Shannon, J & Jones, L. Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections.
Exhibition Catalogue. p. 154, fig. 55 (illustrated). Exhibited London, Grosvenor Gallery. Sam Francis – November 1997; no. 3 (illustrated).
Condition: Very good condition. Minor light staining along the lower sheet edge. Remnants of double sided adhesive tape along the sheet edges, verso.
SAM FRANCIS
1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF91-27PRS)
Technique: Stamped Signed Acrylic on Wove Paper, 1991
Size: 78 x 49 cm. / 30.7 x 19.3 in. Additional Information: This acrylic painting on wove paper is stamp signed with the artist’s signature, verso. It also bears the ink stamp of the artist’s estate. It is also hand signed in pencil by the artist’s wife, “Margaret Francis”, verso. The archive registration number “SF91-27PRS” in inscribed below the ink stamps, verso. This work is identified with the interim identification numbers of SF91-27PRS in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis catalogue raisonné of unique works on paper.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, 1986 Poulain Le Fur, Paris, 18 November 2001, lot 342
Condition: Very good condition. Minor area of craquelure in the yellow paint.
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Lithograph in Colours on Wove
Paper Paper size: 76.2 x 56 cm. / 30 x 22 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Sam Francis” at the lower right margin. It is also hand inscribed in pencil “AP” [artist’s proof], in the lower-left corner. This impression is one of fourteen artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition of 50. This lithograph was created for the portfolio “Papierski” which included 7 different lithographs. It was published by Editions Daniel Papierski, Paris and printed by l’Atelier Gardner Lithograph, Buena Park, California, 1992. The seven lithographs were created between 1973 and 1984 and were finally published in 1992 to accompany the publication of the Sam Francis monograph by Yves Michaud in Paris.
Literature: Lembark, W. C. (1992). The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990. Vol I. New York: Hudson Hills Press Reference: Lembark 349
Condition: Excellent Condition.
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled (SF-314) Michel Waldberg: Sky Poems | Michel Waldberg: Poèmes dans le Ciel, 1986 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Wove Paper Paper size: 76 x 56 cm. / 29.8 x 22.1 in. Additional Information: This is an original lithograph by Sam Francis. It is hand signed in pencil “Sam Francis” in the lower right margin and hand numbered in pencil “59/100” in the lower left margin. The work was published in a small limited edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions in 1986. This is one of the six lithograph Sam Francis created for the portfolio “Poèmes dans le Ciel” in 1986. It was printed by Desjobert, Paris and published by Philosophie des Arts, Francis Delille, Paris. Literature: Lembark, W. C. (1992). The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990. New York: Hudson Hills Press Reference: Lembark L. 270
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF-311), 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 106 x 75.5 cm. / 41.2 x 29.7 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Sam Francis” at the lower left image.
It is also hand numbered from the edition of 24, at the lower right image.
It was printed and published by The Litho Shop, Inc./ George Page, Santa Monica.
The paper bears blindstamp of the publisher at the lower right image.
Literature: Lembark, W. C. (1992). The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990. New York: Hudson Hills Press
Reference: Lembark L. 238
Condition: Very good condition.
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SFE-003 (Light Blue), 1982
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Somerset Wove Paper
Paper size: 82.2 x 65.4 cm. / 32.4 x 25.8 in.
Image size: 60.4 x 45.1 cm. / 23.8 x 17.6 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Sam Francis” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand inscribed in pencil “CTP” [Colour Trial Proof] at the lower left margin. Our impression is one of twelve colour trial proofs in various tones aside from the standard edition of 20.
The standard edition was published by The Litho Shop Inc., Santa Monica, California in 1982.
This subject is recorded in the Sam Francis Archive with the identification number SFE-003.
Literature: Lembark, W. C. (1992). The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990. New York: Hudson Hills Press
Reference: Lembark I.35
Condition: Excellent condition.
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SFE-003 (Dark Blue), 1982
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Somerset Wove Paper
Paper size: 82.2 x 65.4 cm. / 32.4 x 25.8 in.
Image size: 60.4 x 45.1 cm. / 23.8 x 17.6 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Sam Francis” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand inscribed in pencil “CTP” [Colour Trial Proof] at the lower left margin. Our impression is one of twelve colour trial proofs in various tones aside from the standard edition of 20.
The standard edition was published by The Litho Shop Inc., Santa Monica, California in 1982.
This subject is recorded in the Sam Francis Archive with the identification number SFE-003.
Literature: Lembark, W. C. (1992). The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990. New York: Hudson Hills Press
Reference: Lembark I.35
