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A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection
SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
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Details
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.
Untitled
gouache on paper laid down on Masonite
30 3/4 x 23 in. (78.2 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1953.
Provenance
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
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
Literature
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).
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).
Exhibited
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).
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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