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Francis Archive SF65-063
Untitled
Acrylic on paper
73.7 x 101.7 cm (29 1/16 x 40 1/16 in.)
Artist date designation: Dated as 1965
Inscriptions: Signed, dated and inscribed in litho pencil on paper verso: Sam Francis 1965 L.A.
Creation location: Los Angeles (Santa Monica)
Collection: European private collection
Exhibitions
2000 Bruk Kahan Gallery
Bruk Kahan Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, Sam Francis: Paintings/Works on Paper, February 4–April 1, 2000.2023–24November17–January5 Opera Gallery
Opera Gallery, Madrid, November 17, 2023–January 5, 2024, ill. in color, p. 27.Literature References
Sotheby's 2007
Sotheby's. London: Sotheby's, October 2007, lot no. 221, ill. in color.Sotheby's London 2007
Contemporary Art. October 15, 2007. Auction catalogue, lot no. 289, ill. in color.Dorotheum 2023
Vienna: Dorotheum, May 2023. Auction catalogue, lot no. 221, ill. in color.Notes
Untitled was consigned to Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri as of January 2000.
The artwork was part of the artist's estate as of November 1994 and acquired by Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in September 2003. Subsequently it has been with the Opera Gallery, Paris and in undisclosed European collections.
Additional images
Detail of paper verso with annotations by the artist
Record last updated February 11, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Current catalogue view includes a section of unique works on paper, canvas and panel paintings, limited editions, sculpture and ephemeral pieces
of the artist's oeuvre and will beupdated continuously, sometimes out of chronological order.
Citation: Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. "Untitled, Dated as 1965 (0000 / Francis Archive SF65-063)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2588 (accessed on October 19, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]
of the artist's oeuvre and will beupdated continuously, sometimes out of chronological order.
Citation: Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. "Untitled, Dated as 1965 (0000 / Francis Archive SF65-063)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2588 (accessed on October 19, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]