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Sam FrancisUntitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)1964
1964
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Sam Francis
Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
1964
Gouache on paper
57.2 x 75.6 cms (22 1/2 x 29 3/4 ins)
Frame size: 82.9 x 103.2 cms (32 5/8 x 40 5/8 ins)
SF14652
$300,000
Exhibited:
Los Angeles, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, 'Color', 2 March - 11 April 2014
Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Germany, Sam Francis - At the Centre of Space, 12 June - 21 August 2021
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Sam Francis, 2 February - 25 February 2023. (1)
Essay:
Resisting the zeitgeist of the 1960s, Francis never developed a signature style. His work was often experimental and focused on the exploration of new possibilities, in keeping with his belief that we inhabit a constant state of becoming and change. This is embodied in many of his works from the 1950s and 60s, when Francis begins to explore the phenomenon of the ‘Empty Center’. According to Agee “the white spaces become like windows through which we can view another space altogether, the space on infinity”. In his evocation of infinity, that which lies beyond, often in tandem with his emptying out of the paintings center, Francis defines the viewer’s aesthetic experience as inward looking as well as a consideration of what lies beyond sight. At the same time, by locating the visible and invisible on a spectrum spanning from on to the other, Francis transforms the act of looking into a form of meditation. This way of looking and thinking, which is integral to Zen Buddhism, is an essential component of Francis’ art. He wants to help viewers acknowledge the vast endlessness they inhabit, while accepting the transitory nature of life.
- Creator:Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
- Creation Year:1964
- Dimensions:Height: 22.52 in (57.2 cm)Width: 29.77 in (75.6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU262211725372
Sam Francis
Sam Francis was an American artist known for his exuberantly colorful, large-scale abstract paintings. His practice incorporated elements from Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Impressionism and Eastern philosophy to create a unique style of painterly abstraction.
Influenced by Jackson Pollock and Clyfford Still, Francis is more closely associated to the work of Helen Frankenthaler, as he was more interested in the formal arrangement of the picture plane than the expressivity of the individual artist. “Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment,” Francis once reflected.
Born on June 25, 1923 in San Mateo, California, Francis briefly served in the US Air Force during World War II but was injured during a test flight. Returning to California, he received his BA and MA from UC Berkeley in botany and psychology before beginning to pursue a career in art. The artist traveled widely during his career, and he was closely aligned with the Art Informel movement while living abroad in Paris during the 1950s.
Francis died on November 4, 1994 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 71. He was a founding trustee of Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, among others.
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