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Self-Portrait

1973

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Medium

lithograph in black on Rives BFK wove paper
Credit Line

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

sheet: 76 x 56.6 cm (29 15/16 x 22 5/16 in.)
Accession

1991.234.26
Catalogue Raisonné

Lembark 1992, no. A28

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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. 403, no. A28.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Sam Francis 3/5; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF 029

Watermarks

BFK RIVES FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q75117580

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