Artist:
Sam Francis
Artwork:
Untitled
Size:
68 x 51 cm
Medium:
Gouache on paper
Creation year:
1959
Marks:
Signed and dated 1959 on the reverse
Category:
Drawings
Provenance:
Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo; Acquired from the previous by the present owner
Exhibition history:
Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Sam Francis de 1947 a 1988: sur Papier, 21 October - 26 November 1988, p. 13, illustrated in colour; Toyama, Museum of Modern Art, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, 10 August - 16 September 2002, p. 47, exh. cat no. 24, illustrated in colour. This exhibition later travelled in the same to additional venues in Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, September - November 2002; Ehime, Museum of Art Ehime, November - December 2002; Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art, April - May 2003; Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum, June - July 2003 and Oita, Oita City Art Museum, September - October 2003
Sotheby's Hong Kong
Date:
2019-10-07
Event:
Contemporary Art
Lot Number:
577
Low Estimate:
$63861
[+6%]
High Estimate:
$89406
[-24%]
Hammer Price:
$67693
Sold For:
$84616