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Sam Francis

White No. 1

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Sam Francis

1923 - 1994


White No. 1 

oil on canvas

204.8 by 170.2 cm. 80⅝ by 67 in.

Executed in 1952. 

Mary St. John Hutchinson, London

The Monti Collection, Milan (acquired from the above in September 1960)

Galerie Alfred Schmela, Dusseldorf

Private Collection, Cologne (acquired from the above in 1961)

Thence by descent to the present owner

London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Opposing Forces, January – March 1953, no. 1, p. 2 (checklist)

Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Sam Francis, May – July 1960, no. 12, p. 22 (checklist) (titled Grey)

Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Sam Francis: Sweet Beat, September – October 1960, no. 9, p. 20 (checklist) (titled Grey)

Cologne, Museen der Stadt Köln, Westkunst, May – August 1981, no. 440, p. 199, illustrated in colour; and p. 411, illustrated

Michel Tapié, “Devenir d'un Art Autre/The Coming into Being of an 'Other' Art,” United States Lines Paris Review, June 1954, no. 11, n.p., illustrated (alternate orientation)

Franz Meyer Jr., “Sam Francis,” Quadrum, Brussels 1961, no. 10, p. 122, illustrated

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1923-1994, Berkeley 2011, no. SFF.106, illustrated in colour (DVD I)

Natalie Adamson, “Sam Francis and Painting in Pairs,” Tate: In Focus, 15 July 2019, no. 9, illustrated in colour, online (titled White)

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., “White No. 1, 1952 (SFF.106),” In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, ongoing, illustrated in colour, online