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Materials:
oil on canvas
Size Notes:
77x 51
Description:
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Markings:
signedSam Francis and dated 1950(on the reverse)
Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Nina Dausset,Sam Francis: Peintures, 1952; Paris, Galerie Rive Droite,Sam Francis, 1955, no. 6; New York, Martha Jackson Gallery,Selections 1934-1961: American Artists from the Collection of Martha Jackson, 1962, pp. 16-17,illustrated; New York, Robert Elkon Gallery,A Tribute: Robert Elkon Memorial Exhibition, 1983, p. 24, illustrated; New York, Robert Elkon Gallery, Sam Francis: Early Work, 1984; New York, French Cultural Services Gallery, The 1950s in Paris: A Selection of Ten Artists, 1984
Literature:
Yoshiaki Tono, Sam Francis or After the Death Mask.?? Mizue, Tokyo, no. 675, July 1961, p. 7, illustrated; Priscilla Colt, 'The Painting of Sam Francis,?? Art Journal 22, no. 1, Fall 1962, pp. 2-7, illustrated; Exh. Cat., Paris, Centre National dArt Contemporain, Sam Francis: Exposition, 1968, p. 30, illustrated; Peter Selz, Sam Francis, New York, 1975, p. 136, illustrated; Peter Selz,Sam Francis, New York, 1975, p. 148, illustrated; Yves Michaud, Sam Francis, Paris, 1992, p. 10, illustrated; Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Sam Francis: Les annes parisiennes 1950-1961, 1995, p. 178, illustrated; Debra Burchett-Lere, ed., Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonn of Canvas and Panel Paintings 1923-1994, Berkeley, 2011, no. SFF.87, illustrated in color on the DVD; Debra Burchett-Lere, ed. 'Black, Dated as 1950 (SFF.87).' InSam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonn Project
Provenance:
Madame Henri Matisse, Paris (acquired directly from the artist circa1950); Collection of the artist; Martha Jackson Gallery, New York; J. J. Aberbach, New York (acquired from the above in 1962); Sir Basil Goulding, Dublin (acquiredcirca1974); Annely Juda Gallery, London ; Robert Elkon Gallery, New York (acquiredcirca1983); Sotheby's New York, 2 May 1985, lot 28; Acquired from the above by the present owner