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Sam Francis

Mountain's Gate, started 1982, published 1985

Not on View

Medium

color lithograph on two sheets of Arches 88 paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

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

Catalogue Raisonné

Lembark 1992, no. L255

Accession Number

1989.55.21.a-b

Artists / Makers

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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Inscription

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.

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Francis, Sam
Gemini G.E.L.

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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1151.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