Lot 203
  • 203

Sam Francis

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Sam Francis
  • Blue eye over China (Lembark 129)
  • lithograph
  • image: 24 by 35 in. (61 by 88.9 cm.)
lithograph printed in colors, signed in pencil, numbered 16/20 (total edition includes four artist's proofs), on Rives BFK wove paper, printed and published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, framed, 1971

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. The sheet is slightly toned. Colors are vibrant, the yellow only slightly attenuated. A slight ripple in the sheet along the upper edge. The verso in good condition, with the pencil inscription 'G1861' at lower left and right corners. **Please note that there is a faint 1 inch horizontal abrasion faintly visible at center left.
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