Yunan (State I) [artist's proof]

1971

Sam Francis

Associated Names
Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Lloyd Baggs

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Ron Adams

Printer, American, born 1934

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a rectangular shape of blank white space surrounded by an abstract array of splattered and splotched colors. The colors include red, purple, yellow, green, and blue intermingling in chaotic patterns around the edges. The composition is reminiscent of a picture frame border, with the splatters resembling paint on a canvas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Arjomari wove paper [artist's proof]

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 106.9 x 72 cm (42 1/16 x 28 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.74.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L135 [artist's proof]

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 315.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 208, no. L135.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.7. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: State I AP IV Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF71-407A

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74888682

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