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SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994)
Self-Portrait 1974
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1974' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper
16 ⅛ x 13 in. (41 x 33 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Provenance
Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982
Exhibited
Oakland Museum Art Special Gallery, The Artists of California: A Group Portrait in Mixed Media, November-January 1987-1988.
Santa Clara, Triton Museum of Art, A Bay Area Connection: Works from the Anderson Collection, November-January 1995-1996, p. 48, no. 26.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, p. 364, no. 89.
Stanford Museum Wisch Family Gallery, Salon Style: Collected Marks on Paper, March-August 2018.
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This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF74-315 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

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