Falling Star

1981

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Serge Lozingot

Printer, French, born 1935

Alan Holoubek

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Yasutoshi Ishibashi

Printer, Japanese, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 91.6 x 71 cm (36 1/16 x 27 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.74.36.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L249

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Associated Artworks

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Human Companionship, Human Drain

Bruce Nauman, Anthony Zepeda, Christine Fox, Gemini G.E.L.

1980

Lily Scent

Yasutoshi Ishibashi, Gemini G.E.L., Robert Rauschenberg, Anthony Zepeda, Krystine Graziano, Alan Holoubek

1981

Cicada

Gemini G.E.L., Jasper Johns, Chris Sukimoto, Christine Fox

1981

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 953.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 352, no. L249.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.40. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: N.G.A.; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF81-1031

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74880776

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