About the Artwork
Pink Venus
ca. 1963
Sam Francis
1923-1994
American
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Lithograph printed in color ink on off-white wove paper
Image: 32 × 22 7/8 inches (81.3 × 58.1 cm) Sheet: 32 1/4 × 22 7/8 inches (81.9 × 58.1 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. S. Brooks Barron
64.122
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower left center: Sam Francis
Inscribed, in yellow and green, as part of the image, along the lower edge, at the lower left: PINK VENUS (second N reversed) Inscribed, lower center: SAM (reversed) Inscribed, lower center: KIKI. Inscribed, in green, upside-down, upper right: PINK VENUS (second N reversed) Inscribed, in green, upside-down, upper center: SAM (reversed)
Watermark: RIVES
Provenance
Mrs. S. Brooks Barron;1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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© 2005 Samuel L. Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Sam Francis, Pink Venus, ca. 1963, lithograph printed in color ink on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. S. Brooks Barron, 64.122.
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