Sale: 611 / Day Sale, Dec. 05. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000581
126000581
Sam Francis
Untitled, 1976.
Acrylic and gouache
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,160 - 26,880
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000581
Sam Francis
Untitled, 1976.
Acrylic and gouache
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,160 - 26,880
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Untitled. 1976.
Acrylic and gouache.
Signed, dated, and inscribed with the dimensions and the Sam Francis Foundation registration number by a hand other than the artist’s on the reverse. On Japanese paper. 69.4 x 73.4 cm (27.3 x 28.8 in), the full sheet. [KA].
• Square forms meet gestural drops.
• In the 1970s, Francis increasingly turned to Action Painting.
• In a private collection for nearly 45 years.
• Works by the artist are in internationally renowned museums, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Tate, London.
The work is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, California, under the number “SF76-196” and is listed in the online Catalogue Raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern (no earlier than 1976).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1982).
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Debra Burchett-Lere (ed.), “Untitled, [1976] (0000 / Francis Archive SF76-196)” in: Sam Francis. Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=3988 (accessed Oct. 30, 2026).
1923 - 1994
Untitled. 1976.
Acrylic and gouache.
Signed, dated, and inscribed with the dimensions and the Sam Francis Foundation registration number by a hand other than the artist’s on the reverse. On Japanese paper. 69.4 x 73.4 cm (27.3 x 28.8 in), the full sheet. [KA].
• Square forms meet gestural drops.
• In the 1970s, Francis increasingly turned to Action Painting.
• In a private collection for nearly 45 years.
• Works by the artist are in internationally renowned museums, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Tate, London.
The work is registered with the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, California, under the number “SF76-196” and is listed in the online Catalogue Raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern (no earlier than 1976).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1982).
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Debra Burchett-Lere (ed.), “Untitled, [1976] (0000 / Francis Archive SF76-196)” in: Sam Francis. Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=3988 (accessed Oct. 30, 2026).
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