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1923
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Born in San Mateo, CA
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1943 - 1948
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Served in the United States Army Corps and began painting whilst convalescing from an injury
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1949
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B.A. University of California, Berkeley, CA
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1946 - 1950
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Began painting in San Francisco, CA
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1950
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M.A. University of California, Berkeley, CA
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1950 - 1958
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Lived and worked in Paris, France with travels to Mexico, Japan and Europe
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1959
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Lived in New York, NY
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1959 - 1961
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Lived in Bern, Switzerland
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1961
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Established permanent home in Santa Monica, CA
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1968
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Received honorary PhD from University of California at Berkeley, CA
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1970
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Established the Litho Shop to print his own lithographs in Santa Monica, CA
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1973 - 1974
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Lived and painted primarily in Tokyo, Japan
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1975 - 1977
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Began collaborating with Garner Tullis on monotypes at the Institute of Experimental Printing, San Francisco, CA
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1981
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Appointed Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, by the French Ministry of Culture
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1984
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Established Lapis Press to publish artists' books
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1987 - 1989
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Founded the Sam Francis Medical Research Center to support the research of infectious and environmental diseases
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1993
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Donated ten major paintings to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1994
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Honoured with Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, which also then created the Sam Francis Scholarship, Berkeley, CA
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1994
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Died in Santa Monica, CA
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Sam Francis The exploration of color, Sotheby's (S2) New York, New York, NY (solo)
Sam Francis, Guy Pieters Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
Sam Francis: Paintings from the Catalogue Raisonné, Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Sam Francis, Galerie Iris Wazzau,Davos, Switzerland (solo)
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2009 |
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Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2009 |
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Sam Francis - Malerei und Grafik, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany |
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2008 |
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Choices, Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Action Painting, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland
Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden |
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2007 |
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Grand Gestures: The Gordon F. Hampton Collection, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Art Market Now, The Columns, Seoul, South Korea |
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2006 |
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Afro & incotri e Confronti italia America, Gallerie d'Arte Moderna di Udine GAMUD, Udine |
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2006 |
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Zeitschnitt, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany |
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2005 |
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Intuitive Reflection, Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich, Switzerland
Austrian Contemporary Art and Postwar Painting, Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monrerrey MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico |
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2004 |
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Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany |
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2003 |
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Special Proofs: 1963-1989, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Iwaki City Art, Fukushima, Japan
Oita Art Museum, Oita, Japan
Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos, Switzerland |
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2002 |
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Galerie Andreas Baumgarti, Munich, Germany
Lovers Fine Arts, Gstaad, Switzerland
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
Kawamura Memorial Museum, Chiba, Japan
Museum of Art, Eime, Japan
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI |
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1999 - 2001 |
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Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; travelled to Menil Collection, Houston, TX; Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden; the Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Galleria Comunale d'Art Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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2000 |
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Lawrence Rubin, Greenberg, Van Doren Fine Art, New York, NY
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Richard Gray Gallery, New York, NY and Chicago, IL
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan |
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1999 |
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Retrospective: Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA(solo)
Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA; Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA; Gallery Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark; Ikon Ltd., Los Angeles, CA; Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Galerie Pascal Retelet, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany; Pace Editions, New York, NY; Galerie Loeper, Hamburg, Germany |
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1998 |
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Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bal Harbour, FL; Thomas Segal Gallery, Baltimore, MD; ACA Galerie, Munich, Germany; Gallery Guy Pieters, Knokke, Belguim; Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy |
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1997 |
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Sam Francis: The Archetypal Image, Frederick M. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA; travelled to The Fundación Caja de Madrid, Spain (solo)
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Museo d’Arte, Mendrisio, Switzerland; Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL; Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Galerie Pascal Retelet, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France |
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1996 |
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Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Sogetsu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Gallery Guy Pieters, Knokke, Belgium; Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany; Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland |
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1995 |
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The Last Paintings of Sam Francis, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
André Emmerich Gallery, New Yor, NY; Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Grunwald/UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany; Les Années Parisiennes 1950-1961 at the Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France |
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1994 |
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Long Fine Arts, New York, NY; Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland; Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1993 |
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Retrospective exhibition at Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany (solo)
Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Switzerland; Bobbie Greenfield Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA; Michele Cohen Gallery, New York, NY; Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho; Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angels, CA; Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos, Switzerland |
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1992 |
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Galerie Daniel Papierski, Paris, France
Museum van der Togt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea |
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1991 |
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Retrospective at Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Associated American Artists, New York, NY; Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY; Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrenées, France |
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1990 |
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Associated American Artists, New York, NY; GalleryDelaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; Ogawa Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan; Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK; Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA |
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1989 |
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK; Sun Valley Center Gallery, ID; Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA; Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI; Knoedler Gallery, London, UK |
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1988 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO; Galerie Seoul, South Korea
Travelling exhibition throughout Japan organized by The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama and Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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1987 |
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Knoedler Gallery, London, UK; Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Heland Thorden Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden; G. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Galeria Eude, Barcelona, Spain; Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Germany; Lever/Meyerson Galleries, New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Nantenshi Gallery, Toyko, Japan; Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; La Mairie de Paris, Paris, France |
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1985 |
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Nantenshi Gallery, Toyko, Japan; Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL; Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Hokin Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL |
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1984 |
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, NY; Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI; Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, NY; Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA; Knoedler Gallery, London, UK; Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA; Steven Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1983 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland; Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Foundation Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence, France; Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Art Attack Gallery, Boise, ID; John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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1982 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1981 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Faith and Charity in Hope Gallery, Hope, ID |
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1980 |
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Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA; Abbaye de Senanque, Gordes, France; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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1979 |
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Retrospective of works on paper at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA – traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Manila, Korea and Japan under the US International Communications Agency
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France; Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY; Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, NY; Art in Progress at Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Gallery of the Cultural Center of the Phillippines, Taipei, Taiwan |
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1978 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA; Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1977 |
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Art in Progress at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris, France
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland
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1975 - 1977 |
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Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA |
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1974 |
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Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Idemitsu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
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1972 |
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Sam Francis: Retrospective, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY – traveled to Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA |
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1969 - 1972 |
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1968 |
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Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (solo)
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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1967 |
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Sam Francis: Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX – traveled to University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY
Snow painting performance in Naibara, Japan |
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1966 |
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Sky painting performance over Tokyo Bay, Japan |
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1961 - 1964 |
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Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Kornfeld an Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland
Galerie Benador, Zurich, Switzerland
Documenta III, useum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany |
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1961 |
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Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA |
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1960 - 1961 |
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Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo) |
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1959 |
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Solo exhibition at Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA – traveled to San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
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1958 |
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The Phillips Gallery, Washington, DC |
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1957 - 1958 |
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Hyakkaten Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
Kintetsu Department Store, Osaka, Japan |
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1957 |
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Gimpel Fils, London, UK |
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1956 |
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, France
12 Americans, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1955 |
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Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, France
Tendances actuelles de l’Ecole de Paris III, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland |
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1952 |
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Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Links to further information |
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