Totem

started 1981, published 1983

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Jacob Samuel

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.7 x 15.2 cm (23 7/8 x 6 in.)
    sheet: 95.8 x 50.2 cm (37 11/16 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.74.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. I13

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1052.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 2. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 20, no. I13.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 18.46. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite: National Gallery of Art; lower right corner in graphite: Sam Francis; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF81-3053

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q74880768

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