Lot 124001370 
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124001370
Sam Francis
From Tokyo #4, 1971.
Acrylic on paper
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 22,000 - 33,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
From Tokyo #4. 1971.
Acrylic on paper.
Signed on the reverse of the frame backing. On Arches wove paper (with watermark and blindstamp “VÉRITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES FIN”. 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22.2 x 30.1 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• Sam Francis is one of the most prominent representatives of Action Painting.
• Painted in Tokyo, Japan, where art and culture were a significant influence on the artist's work.
• Typical of the early 1970s, the colors are concentrated into beam-like structures.
• Privately owned since 1973, this is the first time it is offered on the auction market.
The work is registered at the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale/California, under the numbers “SF70-139;SF71-039” and is listed in the online catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Andre Emmerich Gallery, Zurich (with a label on the reverse of the frame backing)
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1973, family-owned ever since).
EXHIBITION: Sam Francis. New Paintings, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, October 27 - November 14, 1973.
Acrylic on paper.
Signed on the reverse of the frame backing. On Arches wove paper (with watermark and blindstamp “VÉRITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES FIN”. 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22.2 x 30.1 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• Sam Francis is one of the most prominent representatives of Action Painting.
• Painted in Tokyo, Japan, where art and culture were a significant influence on the artist's work.
• Typical of the early 1970s, the colors are concentrated into beam-like structures.
• Privately owned since 1973, this is the first time it is offered on the auction market.
The work is registered at the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale/California, under the numbers “SF70-139;SF71-039” and is listed in the online catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Andre Emmerich Gallery, Zurich (with a label on the reverse of the frame backing)
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1973, family-owned ever since).
EXHIBITION: Sam Francis. New Paintings, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, October 27 - November 14, 1973.
124001370
Sam Francis
From Tokyo #4, 1971.
Acrylic on paper
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 22,000 - 33,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
