Always In and Out of Need

started 1975, published 1976

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Serge Lozingot

Printer, French, born 1935

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Gensburg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 96.5 x 205.7 cm (38 x 81 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.71.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L186

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Gensburg, Los Angeles, California; acquired 1983 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. 77.

2017

  • The American Dream: Pop to the Present, British Museum, London, England, 2017, p. 155, no. 93.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 706.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 276, no. L186.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.27. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

2017

  • Coppel, Stephen, et al. The American Dream: Pop to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017, p. 155, no. 93.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 34/35; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF75-726

Wikidata ID

Q74044262

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