Untitled
started 1984, published 1993
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View on museum website →Medium
color aquatint on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 90.6 x 60.4 cm (35 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.) sheet: 107 x 76.2 cm (42 1/8 x 30 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Accession Number
2000.177.105
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, ...