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Self-Portrait

1973

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

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Artwork overview

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: 105.4 x 75.6 cm (41 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Accession

1991.234.33
Catalogue Raisonné

Lembark 1992, no. A35

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. 406, no. A35.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: AP; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: SF-036

Watermarks

BFK RIVES FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q75117605

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