Sam FRANCIS Bright ring drawing or Blue magenta green (SF64-124) - 1964 Gouache and watercolour on paper Signed and dated on the back "Sam Francis, March 64". H : 68.5 cm, W : 103.5 cm Provenance : André Emmerich Gallery, New York Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco 7-Eleven Inc (Southland Corporation), Dallas Sale, New York, Sotheby's, 26 February 2007, lot 124 Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York Sale, Paris, Cornette de Saint Cyr, 4 April 2012, lot 22 Acquired during this sale by the current owner Exhibitions : London, Arthur Tooth and Sons, Ltd, "Sam Francis", June-July 1965, reproduced under n°6 Bern, Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, "Sam Francis: Werke 1962-1966", September-October 1966, reproduced under no. 47 New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, "Sam Francis, exhibition of Oil paintings and Coloured Drawings from 1962-1966 Done in Tokyo and Los Angeles", February-March 1967, reproduced under no. 38 Buffalo, Albright Knox Art Gallery, "Sam Francis-Paintings: 1947-1972", September-October 1972, reproduced under no. 128, p. 122 Travelling exhibition : Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery, November-November 1972; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, December 1972-January 1973; Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, February-March 1973; Oakland, Museum of Arts, June-August 1973 Caracas, Eugenio Mendoza Foundation, "Sam Francis", March-April 1974, reproduced Boston, Institute of Contemporary art, "Sam Francis Works on paper: A survey, 1948 - 1979", September-October 1980, reproduced on the back of the catalogue Travelling exhibition : Japan, Sapporo, Sapporo American Center, June 1980; Japan, Fukuoka, Fukuoka City Museum of Art, July 1980; Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto City Museum of Art, July-August 1980; Japan, Osaka, Osaka American Center, August 1980; Philippines, Manila, American Cultural Center, September 1980; Philippines, Manila, Gallery of the Cultural Center for Philippines, November 1980; Taiwan, Tapei, American Institute in Taiwan American Cultural Center, December 1980; Taiwan, Kaohsiung, American Institute, January 1981; Hong Kong, Pao-Sui Loong Galleries, Hong Kong Art Centre, February-March 1981; Seoul, American Ambassy Exhibition Hall, April-May 1981; South Korea, Taegu, May 1981; South Korea, Busan, May-June 1981, South Korea, Kwangju, June 1981. Bibliography : J. Butterfield, "Sam Francis: The other side of wonder", Art International n°23, December 1979, Lugano, Switzerland, reproduced in black and white under n°8. This work is included in the Sam Francis Foundation's online Catalogue Raisonné Project. This work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation Archives under n°SF64-124. h : 68.5 cm, w : 103.5 cm Sam FRANCIS H : 68.5 cm, W : 103.5 cm h : 68.5 cm, w : 103.5 cm Gouache and watercolour on paper; signed and dated on the reverse