White Line — Sam Francis

DETAILS

Artist: Sam Francis
Date: 1958
Location: National Gallery of Art
Culture: United States

ART MOVEMENTS

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THE ARTIST

Sam Francis

1923–1994 · United States

Francis learned to paint in a hospital bed and went on to sell canvases for over $13 million.

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Further Works by Francis

Red No. 2 1954 · Art Institute of Chicago

In Lovely Blueness No. 2 1955 · Art Institute of Chicago

Essai 1963 · Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled 1963 · Art Institute of Chicago

EXPLORE THE MOVEMENT

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The Key Pollock · 1946 · Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Brown and Gray) Rothko · 1969 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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