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Art For Sale
Artist: Sam Francis
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler
Paper Weight
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
43.2 x 55.9 cms (17 x 22 ins)
Edition of 38
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Yunan (State I)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
106.7 x 72.4 cms (42 x 28 1/2 ins)
Edition of 15
Paper: Arjomari
Proofs: 1 BAT, 4 AP, 3 TP
Signed lower right of centre; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower right
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (SF71 - 407A)
Printed by Lloyd Baggs, assisted by Ron Adams...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
64.8 x 46.3 cms (25 1/2 x 19 ins)
Edition of 3
Paper: Rives BFK
Proofs: 1 UP (Hand colored)
Signed lower left, numbered lower left.
Publisher: Joseph Press...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Senza Titolo I
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
125.5 x 135.5 cms (49.41 x 53.35 ins)
Edition of 58
Signed in pencil, inscribed 'Bon a tirer'.
Published by 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome
Printed by Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, with t...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86.4 x 116.8 cms (34 x 46 ins)
Edition of 17
Colour Trial Proof
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Color, Etching
Untitled, from Michael Walberg Poemes dans le Ciel (Lembark 273)
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Sam Francis
Untitled, from Michael Walberg Poemes dans le Ciel (Lembark 273)
1986
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Edition of 100
...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Senza Titolo II (Untitled II)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86 x 107 cms (33 7/8 x 42 1/8 ins)
Edition of 66
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Color, Etching
SELF-PORTRAIT
By Sam Francis
Located in Portland, ME
Francis, Sam. SELF-PORTRAIT. Lembark 52. Etching, 1982. Edition of 20, signed and numbered "1/20" in pencil. Printed on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, and published by 3EP, Ltd., Palo Alto,...
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Etching
Spun for James Kirsch
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Sam Francis
Spun for James Kirsch
1972
Screenprint
30 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 100
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine A...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Her Blue Deeps
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Samuel Lewis Francis (1923 – 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. He received both his BA and MA degrees from University of California, Berkeley, where he studied art, botany, medicine and psychology.
Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He later became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists, including Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, who were increasingly interested in the expressive use of color.
Because Francis worked and exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia, he is credited with helping secure international recognition for postwar American painting...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Yunan (State III)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
107.3 x 73 cms (42 1/4 x 28 3/4 ins)
Edition of 15
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Color, Etching
Sketch SF65-076
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Sketch SF65-076, 1965
Technique: Signed and Dated Acrylic Painting on Paper
Size: 33 x 55.9 ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
UNTITLED
By Sam Francis
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered etching and aquatint on wove paper. Edition of 40. Image size 23.875 x 18 inches. Sheet size 33.5 x 27 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame has some random scratches. Blindstamp of the publisher, The Litho Shop, Santa Monica, printed by Jacob Samuel...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Untitled SF64-572 (Acrylic Watercolour)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SF64-572 (Acrylic Watercolour), 1964
Technique: Signed and Dated Acrylic and Waterco...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
SF 84-871
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 22 x 9 cm.
Frame size 40 × 35 cm.
Estate stamped on the verso.
Archive number SF 84-871
Free shipment worldwide.
Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire. Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre. The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings. The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking. Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art. He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia. He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994. Sam Francis’s first...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Vegetable I, from Vegetable Series
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami, FL
Sam Francis (1923 - 1994), American)
Vegetable I, from Vegetable Series
1971
Lithograph
35 x 24 in.
Edition of 15
Pencil signed and numbered
Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 – No...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
East and Beyond
Located in New York, NY
Printer and Publisher: ULAE, West Islip, New York
Catalogue raisonne: Abrams 41
Edition size: 18
Signed, dated, and numbered, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Untitled from the portfolio “Poems dans le ciel”
By Sam Francis
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Poems dans le ciel (eng. Poems in the sky). Original lithograph, 1986. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Samuel Lewis Francis was an American artist, we...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Framed
By Sam Francis
Located in Missouri, MO
Framed
Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994)
Edition 58/100 in pencil Lower Left
Signed in pencil Lower Right
17 x 22 inches
25.5 x 30.5 inches
An Abstract Expressionist* painter known ...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Pranzo Italiano
Located in Tbilisi, GE
etching and aquatint in colors, on Fabriano paper, 1973, signed and dated in pencil, numbered on an edition of 43 (there were also three artist's proofs), published by 2RC Editrice, ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Other Medium
Midnight
Located in New York, NY
DESCRIPTION
aquatint and drypoint printed in colors, signed in pencil, dated, numbered 43/71 (total edition includes eight artist's proofs), on Magnani wove paper, with the blindstam...
Category
1980s Post-War Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Metal Field
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1972, this work is a lithograph on wove paper that is hand-signed by Sam Francis (San Mateo, 1923- Santa Monica, 1994) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salmon
By Sam Francis
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Signed
Edition of 45
Category
20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Tribal Sign
Located in New York, NY
Tribal Sign, 1987
Signed and dated in pencil with publisher's blindstamp
Eleven color lithograph on mauve TGL handmade paper
Sheet: 24 x 18.5 inches
Frame: 33 x 27 inches
Edition 25 ...
Category
1980s Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled (SF-344)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (SF-344), 1990
Signed and numbered with publisher's chop mark
Lithograph in 5 colorson PTI #120 Waterleaf paper; torn and deckled edges
47.25 x 30 inches
Edition of 50
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-343)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (SF-343), 1990
Signed and numbered in pencil with publisher's chop mark
Lithograph in 6 colors on PTI #120 Waterleaf paper
46.25 x 30 inches
Edition of 50
Category
1990s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Snow Pines
Located in New York, NY
2004
Thirty-four color Ukiyo-e woodcut printed from 16 woodblocks on Torinoko paper and mounted onto Fabriano Classico paper
Image/sheet: 37 1/2 x 26 inches
Edition of 65
Signed and ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Another Footprint
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in colors from four aluminum plates on BFK Rives wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil, Sam Francis.
A superb trial proof impression, one of only five such...
Category
1970s Post-War Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-128C)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil Sam Francis.
A superb impression of the only state, from the edition of 16, numbered in pencil ...
Category
1970s Post-War Art
Materials
Lithograph
Japanese Maple
Located in New York, NY
2005
Sixteen color Ukiyo-e style woodcut
Image/sheet: 26 x 38 in.
Edition of 50
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Sudden Snow
Located in New York, NY
1987
Lithograph in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 31 5/8 x 23 1/2 in.
Edition of 50
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Soho Dreams
Located in New York, NY
1987
Etching, aquatint and drypoint in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.
Edition of 71
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Bronze Smoke
Located in New York, NY
1978
Lithograph in colors, on brown wove paper
Sheet: 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 38
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Weeping Crabapple
Located in New York, NY
2009
Thirty-one color Ukiyo-e style woodcut
Image/sheet: 25 1/4 x 37 1/4 in.
Edition of 50
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Causeway
Located in New York, NY
An image of ethereal beauty, Helen Frankenthaler created Causeway in 2001 after a lifetime of experimentation with etching and aquatint. Hand-signed, dated and numbered in pencil, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Soho Dreams
Located in New York, NY
1987
Color etching, aquatint, drypoint
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.
Edition of 71
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Bronze Smoke
Located in New York, NY
1978
Screenprint in colors
Sheet: 31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 38
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Weeping Crabapple
Located in New York, NY
2009
Thirty-one color ukiyo-e woodcut
Sheet: 25 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. (64.1 x 94.6 cm)
Edition of 50
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Lilac Sweep
Located in New York, NY
2006
Lithograph in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. (56.5 x 69.9 cm)
Edition of 35
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Mercury
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
1963
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper
Sheet: 23 7/10 x 18 7/10 in. (60.2 x 47.5 cm)
Edition of 20
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Weeping Crabapple
Located in New York, NY
2009
Thirty-one color ukiyo-e woodcut
25 1/4 x 37 1/4 in. (64.1 x 94.6 cm)
Edition of 50
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Unframed, pristine condition
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
The Red Sea
Located in New York, NY
1978
Lithograph in colors, on pink handmade paper
Sheet: 23 1/4 x 27 22/25 inches
Edition of 58
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Framed, mint condition
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1991
Etching in colors, on wove paper
Sheet: 47 x 28 in. (119.4 x 71.1 cm)
Edition of 20
Signed and numbered in pencil
Framed, mint condition
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
An Other Set - X, Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
A remarkable work of art, An Other Set – X was created by Sam Francis in 1964 as one of eight original lithographs in color in the famed, Pasadena Box portfolio. Printed on Japanese...
Category
20th Century Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-315)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Frame: 44 x 35.75 in.
Signed and numbered in pencil
Image drawn with water tusche directly on plates
Lembark 271
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-355)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Aerie
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 128
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Web (SFS-136)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on wove paper
Edition of 50
Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Signed and numbered in pencil with studio blindstamp
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Monotype in colors, on handmade paper, the full sheet
Sheet: 29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (75 x 63 cm)
Frame: 37 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (94.6 x 81.9 x 3.8 cm)
Unique
Signed in pencil on low...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Monotype
Untitled (SF-343)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (light yellow, golden yellow, yellow-green, light ultramarine blue, purple, red on PTI #120 Waterleaf wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower ...
Category
1990s Post-War Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SFE-071)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original aquatint/monoprint printed in 7 colors from 3 runs from 3 steel-faced copper plates, with pure permanent powdered pigment added to the plate prior to printing the third run
...
Category
1980s Post-War Art
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled (SFE-057)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original aquatint printed in 20 colors from 4 steel-faced copper plates on BFK Rives wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb artist’s proof...
Category
1990s Pop Art Art
Materials
Aquatint
Concert Hall Set III
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (yellow, yellow-green, light blue, magenta, turquoise, dark blue) from 6 aluminum plates on BFK Rive wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower r...
Category
1970s Post-War Art
Materials
Lithograph
Concert Hall Set III
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (yellow, yellow-green, light blue, magenta, turquoise, dark blue) from 6 aluminum plates on BFK Rive wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower r...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-343)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in six colors (light yellow, golden yellow, yellow-green, light ultramarine blue, purple, red on PTI #120 Waterleaf wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil l...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-344)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in five colors (yellow, red, green, ultramarine blue, thalo blue) on PTI #120 Waterleaf wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil lower left Sam Francis.
A su...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
For Thirteen, Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Created as an original screenprint by the artist in 1989, For Thirteen, by Sam Francis, is hand-signed in pencil, and numbered, measuring 28 x 38 in (71 x 96.5 cm), unframed. It is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled (SFE-112)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
riginal etching printed in 18 colors on BFK Rives wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb artist’s proof impression of the definitive...
Category
1990s 85 New Wave Art
Materials
Etching
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