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Self-Portrait

1973

Sam Francis

Associated Names

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

The image is a minimalist line drawing of a human face and part of the neck, sketched in yellow against a cream background. The face features eyes, eyebrows, a nose, and closed lips. The artwork includes the artist's signature "Sam Francis" in the bottom left corner, and "A.P." in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in yellow on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Sam Francis, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

sheet: 69.9 x 50.9 cm (27 1/2 x 20 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.234.6
Catalogue Raisonné

Lembark 1992, no. A6

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1992

Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 396, no. A6.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: AP; lower left in graphite: Sam Francis; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF 06

Wikidata ID

Q75117478

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