Sam Francis - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
    Mr. Seymour H. Knox, Buffalo (acquired from the above circa 1956–1957)
    Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1999, lot 239
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Sam Francis: Paintings 1947–1972, September 11, 1972–March 18, 1973, no. 91, pp. 28, 108 (illustrated, p. 108)
    Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Sam Francis in the Gallery Collection: Recent Acquisitions and Other Works, November 27, 1973–January 2, 1974

  • Literature

    Johannes Stückelberger, Wolkenbilder: Deutungen des Himmels in der Moderne, Munich, 2010, p. 246
    Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, no. SFF5.376, online (illustrated)

110

Sky Forms

watercolor on paper
29 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (75.6 x 56.5 cm)
Executed in 1956.

Estimate
$120,000 - 220,000 

Sold for $114,300

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Annie Dolan
Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023