Mountain's Gate
started 1982, published 1985
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View on museum website →Medium
color lithograph on two sheets of Arches 88 paper
Dimensions
sheet (each approx.): 152.4 × 127 cm (60 × 50 in.) overall: 152.4 × 254 cm (60 × 100 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1989.55.21.a-b
About the Artist
Sam Francis
Samuel Lewis Francis (1923–1994), one of the most innovative Abstract Expressionists of the post-World War II era, was born in San Mateo, California, to Samuel Augustus Francis Sr. and Katherine Lewis Francis, who died when he was twelve; he formed a close bond with his stepmother, Virginia Peterson Francis. A promising student at San Mateo High School, Francis initially pursued botany, medicine, ...