Vorstellung

started 1981, published 1983

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Patrick Foy

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Sam Francis

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.5 x 42.4 cm (23 13/16 x 16 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 93.8 x 70 cm (36 15/16 x 27 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.74.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. I12

  • Copyright

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gemini G.E.L.: American Master Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, 1990.

1992

  • Master Prints from Gemini G.E.L., National Lending Service, Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; Midland Center for the Arts, Texas; Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas; Art Institute for the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas; Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida; Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Augustana College Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois; St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1992-1997

2006

  • The Art of Collaboration: Works from the National Gallery of Art's Gemini G.E.L. Archive, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2006-2007.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1051.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 2. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 20, no. I12.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.45. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite: N.G.A.; lower right corner in graphite: Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF81-3052

Markings

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

Watermarks

FABRIANO

Wikidata ID

Q74880763

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