Red Coral (SFE-3A)
Sam Francis
Red Coral (SFE-3A)
etching & aquatint
1973
An original hand-signed Sam Francis etching & aquatint print.
1973
Original etching and aquatint printed in two colors (red, yellow) on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper.
Hand-signed in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb artist’s proof impression of the definitive state, apart from the numbered edition of 45, annotated in pencil in the margin lower left (there were a total of 11 additional proofs of various types for an overall edition of 56). Published by 2RC Edizioni d’Arte, Rome, bearing their blindstamp in the sheet in the margin lower left; printed by Eleonora Rossi, Giancarlo Iacomucci and Kaya Talih at Stamperia 2RC, Rome.
Catalog: Lembark I-8; SFE-3A
17 5/8 x 19 ¾ inches
Sheet Size: 39 x 27 ¼ inches
