loading 
Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue Entry
SFF4.61 (Francis Archive SF48-002)
Untitled (Berkeley)
Watercolor on paper
48.26 x 65.41 cm (19 x 25 3/4 in.)
Artist date designation: Dated as 1948
Inscriptions: Signed with date by the artist and inscribed on verso in pencil: Sam Francis 1948 Berkeley
Additional notations: Notated on wood frame verso by studio assistant with the Litho Shop identification number and an inventory number: SF48-002 S4-33G
Creation location: San Francisco Bay Area (Berkeley)
Collection: Collection of Judith Ann Corrente, New York
Exhibitions
1988 Bernard Jacobson Gallery
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Sam Francis: Four Decades/Paintings on Paper, June 7–July 9, 1988. (Exhibition catalogue: Jacobson 1988), ill. in color.1999 Robert Green Fine Arts
Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California, Sam Francis: Fresh Air Paintings on Paper and Prints, March 7–May 1, 1999. (Exhibition brochure: Robert Green Fine Arts 1999).Literature References
Agee 1999
Agee, William C. Sam Francis: Paintings 1947–1990. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999–2001 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA] and traveling), p. 22, ill. in color, fig. 19.Burchett-Lere and Agee 2011
Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994. Berkeley, California: University of California Press and Sam Francis Foundation, 2011, p. 39, ill. in color, fig. 42.Notes
The artwork was part of the artist’s estate as of November 1994 and stamped on paper verso with the Sam Francis Estate logo and facsimile signature stamps.
Provenance history documented in the artist's records includes Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, California; Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal; and Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York.
Record last updated November 20, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Current catalogue view includes a section of unique works on paper, canvas and panel paintings, limited editions, sculpture and ephemeral pieces
of the artist's oeuvre and will beupdated continuously, sometimes out of chronological order.
Citation: Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. "Untitled (Berkeley), Dated as 1948 (SFF4.61)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=183 (accessed on September 20, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]
of the artist's oeuvre and will beupdated continuously, sometimes out of chronological order.
Citation: Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. "Untitled (Berkeley), Dated as 1948 (SFF4.61)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=183 (accessed on September 20, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]