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Sam Francis
Totem1981

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Vertical print with a tall black rectangle centered on cream paper, featuring angular overlapping shapes, scraped textures, and ink splatters around a cross-shaped white gap
Artist or Maker
Sam Francis
California, active France, Japan, United States, 1923-1994
Title
Totem
Date Made
1981
Medium
Aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 37 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (95.89 × 50.17 cm) Image: 24 × 6 in. (60.96 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dana and Stephen Sigoloff
Accession Number
M.2007.154
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Sam Francis Foundation, California/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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