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Two bold blue brushstrokes with paint splatters on white paper.

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Very First Stone

Sam Francis

1959–1968

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
Acquired
1970
Credit line
Purchase
Reproduction credit
© Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Edition
2/25 | First state
Publication
Printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.
Department
collection

About this work

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

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