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Blue-Black

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© Estate of Sam Francis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of Sam Francis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Sam Francis

American, 1923-1994

Blue-Black, 1952

oil on canvas

support: 117 x 76 1/4 inches (297.18 x 193.675 cm); framed: 119 1/4 x 78 x 2 1/2 inches (302.9 x 198.12 x 6.35 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1956

K1956:3

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