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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.107
People
Sam Francis, American (San Mateo, California 1923 - 1994 Santa Monica, California)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1960
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339773

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on beige Asian paper mounted to white paper mounted to canvas
Dimensions
94 × 185.4 cm (37 × 73 in.)
frame: 108 × 198.9 × 7.6 cm (42 1/2 × 78 5/16 × 3 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: On verso: Sam Francis

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of the artist; Sam Francis Foundation (2004-2016), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Sam Francis Foundation, California
Copyright
© Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.107
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Brian T. Allen, "Harvard's Fogg Museum Comes Back to Life with a Glorious Watercolor Show", National Review (August 10, 2023), discussed and repr.
  • Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 61 on pp. 130-131

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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