Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
Catalogue Entry
SFF5.196 (Francis Archive SF53-055; SF53-115; SF53-086)
Blue Yellow and Orange
Watercolor and gouache on paper
38.1 x 56.52 cm (15 x 22 1/4 in.)
Artist date designation: [?]
Inscriptions: [?]
Creation location: Paris
Exhibitions
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Petits Formats, December 1967–January 1968. (Exhibition catalogue: Russell 1967), no. 37.
Pavillon des Arts, Paris, L’oeuvre de Sam Francis dans les collections du Musée Idemitsu, September 18–November 16, 1986. (Exhibition catalogue: Idemitsu Museum of Arts travelling exhibition, Pavillon des Arts, Paris 1986), no. 7, ill. in color. Traveled to: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, November 29, 1986–January 18, 1987; Yayoi Gallery, Ogawa Art Foundation, Tokyo, October 5–December 5, 1987 (Separate catalogue).
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, June 27–August 6, 2000. (Exhibition catalogue: Idemitsu Museum of Arts 2000), no. 8, ill. in color, p. 20. Traveled to: Idemitsu Museum of Arts Part I, Osaka, Japan, January 9–February 12, 2001; Idemitsu Museum of Arts Part II, Osaka, Japan, February 20–April 1, 2001.
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan, Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection, August 10–September 16, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue: Otsubo 2002), no. 11, ill. in color, p. 35. Traveled to: Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan, September 28–November 10, 2002; Museum of Art Ehime, Ehime, Japan, November 16–December 23, 2002; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, April 5–May 25, 2003; Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, June 3–July 6, 2003; Oita City Art Museum, Oita, Japan, September 13–October 26, 2003.
Literature References
Moderne Kunst. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, June 9, 1976. Auction catalogue, lot no. 337, ill. in b/w.
Kodansha. Contemporary Great Masters: Sam Francis. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1994, p. 19, ill. in color, pl. 13.
Notes
Inscriptions by the artist are pending further research. At the time of this publication the complete verso is not visible to confirm notations including the reports that the artwork is signed and dated on paper verso in pencil: Sam Francis 1953
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of the artist's oeuvre and will beupdated continuously, sometimes out of chronological order.
Citation: Burchett-Lere, Debra, ed. "Blue Yellow and Orange, [?] (SFF5.196)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=972 (accessed on September 29, 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. "Blue Yellow and Orange, [?] (SFF5.196)." In Sam Francis: Online Catalogue Raisonné Project. cr.samfrancisfoundation.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=972 (accessed on September 29, 2026). [ISBN-13: 978-1-7339663-1-3]