Post-War & Contemporary Art

The present work is documented by Francis's studio with the SFM (Sam Francis Monotype) identification number: SFM79-086.

Published by the Institute of Experimental Printmaking, San Francisco. Inscribed by the publisher in pencil with the Experimental Workshop (EXP) identification number, verso: EXP-20-SF-BAT-1979. 

Provenance:

Thomas Segal Gallery, Baltimore

Acquired from the above by the present collection in 1981

Thence by familial descent

Exhibited:

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Twenty American Artists, July 24–September 7, 1980.

Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1981.

Literature:

Hopkins, Henry T., Twenty American Artists, San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1980, no. 2 (exhibition catalogue)

Framed: 40 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches.
Mount: 40 x 40 inches.

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