Acrylic on paper. Signed on the reverse and inscribed “SF92-27” by another hand, with the stamp “The Sam Francis Estate”. On Japan paper, originally laid on thin cardboard. 101.6 x 152.4 cm. , the full sheet.
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• Sam Francis par excellence: floating lightness and dynamic color in a large format.
• The artist is among those American artists who, in their work, are committed to a more lyrically oriented form of Abstract Expressionism.
• Comparable works on paper by Francis are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Tate Modern, London.
The work is registered in the Online Catalogue Raisonné.

Recent Paintings on Paper by Sam Francis, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, June 7-July 15, 1994. Sam Francis, Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Oct. 19-Nov. 23, 1997, illustrated on p. 53. Sam Francis. Aquarelle, Gouachen und Tuschen aus allen Schaffensphasen, Galerie Sander, Darmstadt, April 3-May 23, 1998, cat. no. 44. Sam Francis, Galerie Pascal Retelet, St. Paul de Vence, April 1-June 30, 1999

Estate of the artist (until 1994). Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam. Private collection, Belgium. Galerie Sander, Darmstadt. Private collection, Austria (1998, acquired from the above) Private collection, Austria (2025, inherited from the above)

In good condition. All in all slightly wavy. Each corner has a tiny hole from the production.