Sam Francis

Very First Stone

1959–1968

Two bold blue brushstrokes with paint splatters on white paper.
Two bold blue brushstrokes with paint splatters on white paper.

Sam Francis, Very First Stone, 1959–1968. Lithograph, sheet: 31 1/4 × 22 1/2 in. (79.4 × 57.2 cm) Image: 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 70.69. © Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1959–1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 31 1/4 × 22 1/2 in. (79.4 × 57.2 cm) Image: 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
70.69

Edition
2/25 | First state

Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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