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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) Red and Violet (Executed in 1967) image 1
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) Red and Violet (Executed in 1967) image 2
Lot 224

SAM FRANCIS
(1923-1994)
Red and Violet

17 October 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£12,000 - £18,000

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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)

Red and Violet
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1967' (on the reverse)
watercolour and gouache on paper
40.5 x 32.7cm (15 7/8 x 12 7/8in).
Executed in 1967

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Provenance
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern
Private Collection, Germany
Anon. sale, Kornfeld und Klipsten, Bern, 11-13 June 1975, lot 302
Private Collection, Europe
Anon. sale, Ketterer Kunst GmBH & Co KG, Munich, 20 November 1999, lot 85
Private Collection, Europe
Anon. sale, Ketterer Kunst GmBH & Co KG, Munich, 29 September 2000, lot 19
Private Collection, Germany; their sale, Bonhams, London, 22 October 2003, lot 81
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature
Debra Burchett-Lere (ed.), Sam Francis: Unique Works on Paper and Expanded Version of Canvas and Panel Paintings from the online Catalogue Raisonné Project, no. SF67-018, SF67-032 (illustrated)

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