Details
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Francis, S.
Untitled
signed and inscribed 'For Rick from Sam' (on the reverse)
gouache and watercolor on paper
29 x 21 in. (75.5 x 55.5 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Gift from the artist to the dedicatee.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1979
Literature
W. C. Agee, Sam Francis Paintings 1947-1990, exh. cat., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1999, p. 39 (illustrated, pl. 40; titled For Rick).
Exhibited
Davenport, Iowa, Museum of Art; Wichita, Kansas, Art Museum; Vero Beach, Florida, Center for the Arts; Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center; Scottsdale, Arizona, Center for the Arts; Charlotte, North Carolina, Mint Museum of Art; Charleston, West Virginia, Sunrise Museums; Binghamton, New York, Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences; Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of Art; Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Art Center; Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art; Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; and Birmingham, Alabama, Museum of Art, Contemporary Icons and Explorations: The Goldstrom Family Collection, April 1988-March 1992, p. 10, no. 21 (illustrated in color).
Vienna, BAWAG Foundation, Amerikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Goldstrom, November-December 1994, no. 19 (illustrated in color, p. 12; titled For Rick).
Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Sam Francis, Les Annes Parisiennes 1950-1961, December 1995-February 1996, p. 127.

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