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SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)

Title: Firewood, 1973

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Screenprint in Colours on Wove Paper

Paper size: 81.3 x 101 cm. / 32 x 39.8 in.

Additional Information: This original screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Sam Francis” in the centre of the lower sheet.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, in the lower left margin. There were also ten artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles with their blindstamps recto and ink stamp, verso.

Provenance: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

Literature: Lembark, W. C. (1992). The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990. New York: Hudson Hills Press
Reference: Lembark S. 15

Condition: Very good condition. Very pale time-staining, verso. Remnants of hinging tape, verso.