SAM FRANCIS (American, 1923-1994). Evening Traces (SFM 82-202) (EXP# SF-56-AP), 1982. Unique monotype with woodcut, dry ...

Description

SAM FRANCIS (American, 1923-1994)
Evening Traces (SFM 82-202) (EXP# SF-56-AP), 1982
Unique monotype with woodcut, dry pigments, inks, and oils on handmade paper
34 x 72 inches (86.4 x 182.9 cm)
Signed in pencil lower right
Published by Experimental Workshop, San Francisco

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Dallas

EXHIBITED:
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, Sam Francis: Monotypes et peintures, 19 March-5 May 1983

LITERATURE:
Fondation Maeght, Sam Francis: Monotypes et peintures, exhibition catalogue, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, 1983, p. 71, illustrated
P. Hultén, Monotypes of Sam Francis, Stuttgart, Germany, 1994, pp. 196-97, illustrated

NOTE:
This work is identified with the interim identification number of SFM82-202 in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

More information about SAM FRANCIS. See also: Francis, Sam, Francis, Samuel Lewis, Sam Francis Artist.



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