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Artist:
Sam Francis, American, b. San Mateo, California, 1923–1994  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
78 1/2 x 90 3/8 in. (199.4 x 229.5 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1958
Provenance:
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, to 22 November 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 22 November 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History:
MARTHA JACKSON GALLERY, New York. "Sam Francis," 25 November-20 December 1958.
V BIENNALE DE SAO PAULO, Brazil. "The United States Representation," 21 September-31 December 1959, no. 59, ill.
LAGUNA ART MUSEUM, Laguna Beach, California. "San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism," 26 January-21 April 1996. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 27 June-8 September.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.
Published References:
STILES, GEORGE. "Gallery Previews in New York," Pictures on Exhibit 4 (January 1959), p. 16.
BROWN, MILTON W. One Hundred Masterpieces of American Painting from Public Collections in Washington, DC (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983), p. 214, ill. p. 215.
ZELLMAN, MICHAEL DAVID. American Art Analog, Volume III, 1874-1930 (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986), ill. p. 1024.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 142, p. 157.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Accession Number:
66.1934
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School:
Abstract Expressionism (Second Generation)
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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