SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) Untitled
gouache on paper laid down on Masonite
30 3/4 x 23 in. (78.2 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1953.
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) Untitled
gouache on paper laid down on Masonite
30 3/4 x 23 in. (78.2 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1953.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Sweeney, New York, 1968 Private collection, by descent from the above Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York Private collection, New York, 2017 Acquired from the above by the present owner
P. Plagens, "A Sam Francis Retrospective in Houston: 'He has been, all along, five years ahead of his time," Artforum, vol. 6, no. 5, January 1968, p. 41 (illustrated). P. Selz, Sam Francis, New York, 1975, p. 145, pl. 73 (illustrated). P. Selz et. al., Sam Francis, New York, 1982, p. 157, pl. 79 (illustrated). M. Waldberg, Sam Francis: Metaphysics of the Void, Toronto, 1987, p. 17 (illustrated). J.F. Lyotard, Sam Francis: Lesson of Darkness. . . Like the Paintings of a Blind Man, Venice, 1993, n.p. (illustrated). D. Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project, digital, ongoing, no. SFF5.200 (illustrated).
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California, Sam Francis: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 1967-February 1968, p. 26, no. 43. Kunsthalle Basel; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, April 1968-November 1968, no. 77 (Basel); no. 45 (Karlsruhe); no. 60 (Amsterdam, illustrated).
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