Five Coral Screen

1972

Sam Francis

Associated Names
Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Jeff Wasserman

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gary Reams

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays a collection of splattered shapes and lines in various bright colors like red, yellow, green, blue, and black, forming an abstract border. The splatters create a festive explosion or paint dispersed on a blank canvas effect. The color cluster around the edges thins towards the center, where a lighter background with minimal markings is present. The abstract composition resembles a kaleidoscope or an artist's palette of paints being energetically mixed.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 77.4 x 96.8 cm (30 1/2 x 38 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. S12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1991 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 493.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 2. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 162, no. S12.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.21. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Gemini III; lower center in graphite: Sam Francis; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF72-5053

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74888655

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