Vorstellung
started 1981, published 1983
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View on museum website →Medium
sugarlift aquatint on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 60.5 x 42.4 cm (23 13/16 x 16 11/16 in.) sheet: 93.8 x 70 cm (36 15/16 x 27 9/16 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
1988.74.33
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, ...