Mountain's Gate

started 1982, published 1985

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Alan Holoubek

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on two sheets of Arches 88 paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet (each approx.): 152.4 × 127 cm (60 × 50 in.)
    overall: 152.4 × 254 cm (60 × 100 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.55.21.a-b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L255

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1989 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001-2002.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1151.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 358, no. L255.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.51. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

a) "NGA A/B" lower left margin, white pencil, artist's hand. "SF82-1067" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
b) "Sam Francis" lower right margin, white pencil. Not dated. "B/B" lower left margin, white pencil, artist's hand. "SF82-1067" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

a-b) "© [Gemini G.E.L.]" chop, lower right margin. "© Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles" verso, lower left sheet, stamped gray ink.

Wikidata ID

Q74883232

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