Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Paris, Galerie Jean Fournier, Sam Francis: Toiles de Grand Format, 1988 et 1989, 1989
Toulouse-Labège, Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées, Sam Francis, 1991-2, pp.52-3, illustrated in colour

Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, Berkley 2010, no. SFF. 1558, illustrated in colour

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is very light wear to the top left corner tip. There is a very light rub mark in the lower left corner. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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“Colour is a receptacle for feeling.” (the artist cited in: William.C Agee, Sam Francis: A Painter’s Dialogue with Color, Light and Space, in Sam Francis, Catalogue Raisoneé of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1946-1994, University of California Press, 2011, p. 54)