Black and Green

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Sam Francis

Title

Black and Green

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1953

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed, dated, and inscribed verso, lower center, in pen and black ink: "Sam Francis / 1953 Paris"; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: "27"; upper center, in graphite: [arrow pointing up]

Dimensions

44.7 × 35.8 cm (17 5/8 × 14 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

Reference Number

2022.71

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