Red No. 2 by Sam Francis
Art Institute of Chicago

Red No. 2

Sam Francis · 1954

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, by 1956. Sold to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ross, New York, by 1964. Sold, B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1975.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, “Expressionism, 1900–1955,” February 1–March 11, 1956; traveled to Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, April–May 13, 1956, San Francisco Museum of Art, June 6–July 22, 1956, Cincinnati Art Museum and Contemporary Arts Center, September 12–October 4, 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2–November 4, 1956, and Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, November 16–December 30, 1956, n.pag.
  • Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, “Action Painting,” March 5–April 13, 1958, cat. by Thomas B. Hess and Harold Rosenberg, n.pag. (ill.).

Literature

Published references

  • “Modern Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ross” (New York: Parke–Bernet Galleries, 1964), cat. 54 (color ill.).
  • “Annual Report 1974–75” (Art Institute of Chicago, 1975), pp. 33, 77 (ill.).

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