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Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue Entry
SFF4.53 (Francis Archive SFP46-22)
Untitled
Alternate titles: Abstract #2, à la Miró; Abstract No. 2, After Miró
Mixed media (oil, casein and gouache) on pasteboard
50.8 x 35.56 cm (20 x 14 in.)
Artist date designation: Dated as 1946
Inscriptions: Signed and dated on lower-middle recto in black ink: '46' Sam Francis
Creation location: San Francisco
Collection: Private collection
Exhibitions
2010–11 Gallery Delaive
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, Sam Francis: A Selection of Paintings 1946–1992, December 18, 2010–February 20, 2011. (Exhibition catalogue: Delaive 2010), ill. in color, p. 15.2011 Sotheby's
Sotheby's, S2, New York, Sam Francis: The Exploration of Color, September 17–October 14, 2011. (Exhibition catalogue: Sotheby's New York 2011September 17), no. 1, ill. in color, pp. 10–11.Literature References
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. 10, ill. in color, fig. 8, ill. in color; cat. no. 8, ill. in color on DVD I.Notes
This work was previously documented with the catalogue raisonné number of SFF.8 as it was initially misidentified to be on panel.
Portions of this entry are from Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994. Published by the Regents of the University of California/University of California Press (2011). Reproduced with permission.
Archival Material
Fort Miley Hospital
1940s
1940s, Postcard of Fort Miley Veterans' Hospital/Administration Facility, San Francisco
Courtesy Smith News Co., San Francisco
Fort Miley hospital
ca. 1946
Sam Francis on balcony at Fort Miley hospital, San Francisco
Record last updated July 2, 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 1946 (SFF4.53)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=427 (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 1946 (SFF4.53)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=427 (accessed on September 12, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]