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Wed, Mar 30, 2022 05:30PM EDT
Lot 196

Sam Francis, Manner of: Abstract Composition in Blue

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000

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Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Manner of: Abstract Composition in Blue. Acrylic on canvas, signed lower left, framed.

One of the twentieth century's most profound Abstract Expressionists, American artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) is noted as one of the first post-World War II painters to develop an international reputation. Francis created thousands of paintings as well as works on paper, prints and monotypes, housed in major museum collections and institutions around the world.

21.5 x 18.5 inches framed; 15 x 16 inches canvas.

Private collection, Boston.

Condition

Very good condition; very small area of craquelure lower right corner.

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