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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.280
People
Sam Francis, American (San Mateo, California 1923 - 1994 Santa Monica, California)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1949
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189192

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brush and black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
45.1 x 38.1 cm (17 3/4 x 15 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, graphite: 1949 S.F.
  • exhibition label: back of frame, printed: Label from the Morgan Library for exhibition "New York Collects: Drawings and Watercolors, 1900-1950," May 20 - August 29, 1999, cat. no. 136
  • label: back of frame, printed on fome-core (previous backing?): The Sam Francis Estate
  • label: back of frame, printed: SF49-063 [Sam Francis/Litho Shop identification number], 1949
  • label: back of frame, printed: Label from Werner H. Kramarsky collection, New York: Sam Francis/Untitled/1949, ink on paper/17 3/4 x 15"/3072
  • gallery label: back of frame, printed: Label from Matthew Marks Gallery, New York: Sam Francis/Untitled/1949/Ink on paper/17 3/4 x 15 inches
  • label: back of frame, printed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Sam Francis. [Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen]. [Matthews Marks Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Werner H. Kramarsky, New York, New York, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Copyright
© Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.280
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ingrid Mössinger, ed., Sam Francis: The Shadow of Colors, exh. cat., Editions Stemmle (Zurich, Switzerland, 1995), p. 40, repr. (color)
  • Emily Braun, New York Collects Drawings and Watercolors 1900-1950, exh. cat., The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY, 1999), cat. no. 136, repr. (color)
  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 1999-2000 (Cambridge, MA, 2001), pp. 12-13, repr. p. 13
  • Amy Eshoo, ed., 560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991-2006, Fifth Floor Foundation and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York, 2008), p. 152

Exhibition History

  • Constellations of Light and Dark: Black on White Works on Paper (1947-1954) by Sam Francis, Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, 02/14/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • Sam Francis: The Shadow of Colors, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, 04/03/1995 - 06/18/1995; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, 08/03/1995 - 10/29/1995; Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, 01/07/1996 - 02/29/1996
  • New York Collects Drawings and Watercolors, 1900-1950, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 05/20/1999 - 08/29/1999
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1940 to 2000, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/03/2000 - 08/27/2000

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