Speck

1971

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Ron Olds

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Sam Francis

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arjomari wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 86.68 × 118.11 cm (34 1/8 × 46 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L139

  • Copyright

    © 1997 The Estate of Sam Francis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Yonago City Museum, Japan; Machida City Museum of Graphics Art, Japan, 1984-1989, no. 74.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 319.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 212, no. L139.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.11. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: Gemini III / Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF71-410

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angels, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q74034903

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