Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue Entry
Francis Archive SF69-006
Untitled
Alternate title: Edge
Acrylic and watercolor on paper
105.73 x 75.25 cm (41 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Artist date designation: Dated as 1969
Inscriptions: Signed, dated and inscribed in pencil on paper verso: Sam Francis 1969 Bern
Creation location: Bern
Collection: [Undisclosed collection ?] (May 24, 2023)
Exhibitions
Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke, Belgium, Sam Francis Selected Works: 1957–1994, August 5–September 18, 2016. (Exhibition catalogue: Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery 2016), no. 7, ill. in color.
Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf, Germany, Space and Containment, February 19–June 27, 2021. (Exhibition catalogue: Ludorff et. al 2021), ill. in color, pp. 36–37.
Literature References
Auktion Teil II. Bern: Galerie Kornfeld, June 15, 2006. Auction catalogue, lot no. 328, ill.
Galerie Kornfeld: Part II. Bern: Galerie Kornfeld, June 11, 2009. Auction catalogue, p. 212, lot no. 770, ill.
Contemporary Art: Part 1. Vienna: Dorotheum, June 1, 2016. Auction catalogue, lot no. 697, ill. in color.
Notes
Provenance history documented in the artist's archives indicates the artwork has been with Galerie Thomas, Munich and private European collections through May 2023.
Record last updated September 4, 2023. 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 1969 (0000 / Francis Archive SF69-006)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2899 (accessed on September 27, 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 1969 (0000 / Francis Archive SF69-006)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=2899 (accessed on September 27, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]