SAM FRANCIS | UNTITLED

Estate of the artist, California (acquired in 1994)

Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark (acquired from the above in June 1996)

Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2000

Burchett-Lere, Debra (Ed.), Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994, University of California Press and Sam Francis Foundation, Berkeley 2011, no. SFF.1790

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis: The Last Works, May - September 1995

Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, The Complete (152) Paintings from the Last Studio of Sam Francis, June 1997

Hamburg, Galerie Gabriele Von Loeper, Sam Francis: Letzte Bilder und Papierarbeiten, September - November 1999

Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou, Sam Francis: The Last Works, March - June 1999

Copenhagen, Galerie Egelund, Sam Francis: The Last Works, September - October 2005

Oslo, Kaare Berntsen Galleri, Sam Francis: De siste arbeider, February - January 2005

Palm Desert and Jackson Hole, Heather James Fine Art, Sam Francis, November 2018 - October 2019, p. 56, illustrated in color (exhibition catalogue)

In July through September of 1994 Francis was confined to a wheelchair because of his failing health. Only able to use his left arm, he created approximately 170 paintings, of which 152 are now known as "The Last Works." The present work is one among these few created during this time near the end of the artist’s life and career.