Artist:
Sam Francis
Artwork:
Domremy
Size:
68.6 x 101.6 cm
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Creation year:
1958
Marks:
Signed with the artist's initials; signed and dated 1958 on the reverse
Category:
Drawings
Provenance:
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York; Collection of Dorothy Beskind, New York (acquired from the previous in 1958); Richard Feigen Gallery, New York; Collection of Jeffrey Wilkey, New York (acquired from the previous in February 2011); Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton; Acquired from the previous by the present owner in February 2012
Exhibition history:
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Sam Francis: Paintings, November - December 1958
Sotheby's New York
Date:
2019-11-15
Event:
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Lot Number:
106
Low Estimate:
$250000
[+28%]
High Estimate:
$350000
[-8%]
Hammer Price:
$320000
Sold For:
$400000
Notes:
This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF58-264 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation