Self-Portrait
1982
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View on museum website →Medium
sugarlift aquatint in black on Fabriano Tiepolo wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 6.7 x 4.8 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.) sheet: 37.9 x 28.3 cm (14 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Sam Francis, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.234.54
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, ...