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First Stone

1960

Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Dimensions

sheet: 63.18 × 90.49 cm (24 7/8 × 35 5/8 in.)
Accession

1976.56.25
Catalogue Raisonné

Lembark 1992, no. L1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Woodward Foundation, Washington, DC; acquired 1976 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Woodward Foundation

Exhibition History

1981

Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1992

Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 44, no. L1.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 32/65; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis

Wikidata ID

Q65577140

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