Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue Entry
SFF4.71 (Francis Archive SF49-040)
Untitled
Alternate title: Coast
Ink on paper
38.1 x 45.09 cm (15 x 17 3/4 in.)
Artist date designation: Dated as 1949
Inscriptions: Signed and dated on verso in pencil: Sam Francis 1949
Additional notations: Notated by studio assistant on verso backing board with the Litho Shop identification number, dimensions, and curatorial notes: SF49-040 15" x 17 3/4" HINGED FROM TOP ONLY OP 3 Plexi
Creation location: [San Francisco Bay Area/Berkeley ?]
Collection: Galerie Proarta, Zurich
Exhibitions
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.
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. 38–39. Traveled to: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, August 3–October 29, 1995; Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany, January 7–February 29, 1996.
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Sam Francis: Retrospektive 1949–1994, September 27–December 1, 2001.
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Sam Francis: Bilder 1949 bis 1968, May 26–July 23, 2004. (Exhibition catalogue: Pirovano Malmberg 2004), ill. in color, p. 9.
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, American Art: Von Modern bis Pop, May 8–June 30, 2014.
Literature References
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples. Zurich: Germann Auktionshaus, November 25, 2019. Auction catalogue, lot no. 9, ill. in color.
Notes
The artwork was part of the Sam Francis Estate as of 1994 and stamped on verso backing board with the Sam Francis Estate logo stamp.
Record last updated August 22, 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, Dated as 1949 (SFF4.71)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=231 (accessed on September 18, 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 (SFF4.71)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=231 (accessed on September 18, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]