Spleen (Red)

1971

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Ron Olds

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Italia wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 89.2 x 201.4 cm (35 1/8 x 79 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.5.127

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L130

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 310.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 202, no. L130.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.2. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: Gemini III; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF71-402

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74035557

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