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Catalogue Entry
SFF4.92 (Francis Archive SF49-063)
Untitled
Ink on paper
45.09 x 38.1 cm (17 3/4 x 15 in.)
Artist date designation: Dated as 1949
Inscriptions: Signed with initials and dated in pencil on paper verso: S.F. 1949
Additional notations: Notated by studio assistant on verso with the Litho Shop identification number and dimensions: 17 3/4 x 15" SF49-063
Creation location: [San Francisco Bay Area/Berkeley?]
Exhibitions
1995 UCLA Armand Hammer
UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Constellations of Light and Dark: Black and White on Paper (1947–1954) by Sam Francis, February 14–April 2, 1995.1995–96 Kunstverein Ludwigsburg and traveling
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany, Sam Francis: The Shadow of Colors: Aquarelle und Gouachen, 1948–1984, April 30–June 18, 1995. (Exhibition catalogue: Mössinger et. al 1995), ill. in color, pp. 40–41. Traveled to: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, August 3–October 29, 1995; Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, January 7–February 29, 1996.1999 Pierpont Morgan Library
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, New York Collects: Drawings and Watercolors 1900–1950, May 20–August 29, 1999. (Exhibition catalogue: Pierce 1999), no. 136, ill. in color, pp. 302–303.2000 Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings, June 3–August 27, 2000.Literature References
Cuno 1999–2000
Cuno, James. "Report of the Director." Harvard University Art Museum (Cambridge) (1999/2000), p. 13, ill. in b/w.Eshoo 2008
Eshoo, Amy. 560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991–2006. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 152, no ill.Notes
It is possible this could be a duplicate entry listed as Tuchzeichung III, currently identified as SFF4.92; pending further research.
Record last updated November 13, 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
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Citation: Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. "Untitled, Dated as 1949 (SFF4.92)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=222 (accessed on September 12, 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, Dated as 1949 (SFF4.92)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=222 (accessed on September 12, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]