First Subject

started 1981, published 1983

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Kenneth Farley

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Sam Francis

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sugarlift aquatint with Mochizuki chine collé on Stonehenge wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Sonnabend

  • Dimensions

    plate: 75.57 × 60.96 cm (29 3/4 × 24 in.)
    sheet: 113 x 90.5 cm (44 1/2 x 35 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.90.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. I15

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Sonnabend, Boston, Massachusetts; acquired 1986 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. 78.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1054.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 2. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 22, no. I15.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.48. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite: N.G.A; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF81-3055

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74875602

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