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Period: 1960s
Artist: Sam Francis
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
By Sam Francis
Located in Geneva, CH
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
1964
Acrylic on paper
73 x 56.5 cm
94 x 75 cm / 37 x 29.5 in. (w...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Damp
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
66 x 94 cms (26 x 37 ins)
Edition of 20
Rives BFK paper
Proofs: I BAT, 4 AP, 7 CTP, 9 XP
Signed lower left; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower left.
Published by Tama...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled, from Deluxe Lt Edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio HAND SIGNED TWICE
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis
Untitled Abstract Expressionist from the Deluxe [signed] edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio (hand signed twice, #85/100, from the Estate of Robert Indiana), 1964
Lithograph on wove paper (Hand signed twice by Sam Francis)
Pencil signed twice by Sam Francis on the front; numbered 85/100 on the portfolio colophon (copy of the colophon page affixed to the verso of frame)
Acquired from original, complete 1 Cent Life Portfolio, # 85/100 (Artists & Collaborators) from the Estate and Collection of Robert Indiana
Frame included
About 1 Cent Life
"1 Cent Life" began as a simple idea by artist Walasse Ting in 1962, developed during talks he had with his friend the artist Sam Francis. Ting wanted to combine international artists and different styles into a single book, linking them together in one collective spirit alongside his own art and poetry. It was a landmark publication from 1964, and now a somewhat rare collectible portfolio based on the impressive artwork it contains. It was a revolutionary tract for a collective aesthetic; an assembled vision of Pop and European abstraction, featuring flat hard-edged and splatter painting; biomorphic art, splashing florescent colors and monochromes all meeting up in a single loud and dynamic package. "1 Cent Life" is among the most beautifully conceived and artistic book-works of the 1960s, unlike anything published before or after. "1 Cent Life" is a large elephant-folio unbound book containing 62 lithographs made by 28 European and American artists with 62 letterpress poems by Ting and set in multi-colored inks. The lithography was realized and printed in Paris by Maurice Beaudet and the typography carried out in handset letterpress by George Girard. The book was published by E. W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland in 1964, and edited by artist Sam Francis. In addition to the original printing of 1900 unsigned copies, there was a numbered portfolio edition of 100 signed copies. These two Sam Francis signed...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
The Coldest Stone (Lembark, 15), S/N, from the estate of Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis
The Coldest Stone (Lembark, 15), 1960
Lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper with deckled edges
25 × 36 inches
Signed and numbered 8/65 by Sam Francis on the front in graphite pencil on the front
Unframed
Marvelous 1960 Sam Francis lithograph...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Abstract expressionist lithograph s/n (Lembark, 16) from the Estate of Wolf Kahn
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
SAM FRANCIS
Affiche Moderna Museet Stockholm (Catalogue Raisonne L-16, p.66), 1960
Color lithograph on Rives BFK Paper with deckled edges
Pencil signed lower right of center; numbered 39/75 lower left of center
Published by Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern; printed by Emil Matthieu at Emil Matthieu Atelier, Zurich
(Catalogue Raisonne L-16, p.66)
37 1/4 × 27 inches
Provenance: Estate of Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason
Unframed
Editions of this iconic Sam Francis work have been exhibited in museums throughout the world over the past half center; many remain in the permanent collection of major museum and institutions .
In addition to this pencil signed and numbered lithograph, there was, separately a poster edition of 500 (unsigned) published by Moderna Museet featuring the same image on different paper.
About Sam Francis
B. 1923, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA; D. 1994, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
Samuel Lewis Francis was born on June 25, 1923, in San Mateo, California. He began painting in 1944 after being diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis, resulting from a U.S. Army Air Corps accident. In 1947 he studied privately with painter David Park, and soon gave up his intended medical studies, earning a BA in 1949 and an MA in 1950 at the University of California, Berkeley.
He experimented with the dominant and emerging styles of the late 1940s, particularly Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism, eventually developing a personal style of abstraction focused on dripping, cell-like forms, an allover instability, and sensitivity to color and light, as in Opposites (1950). In 1950 Francis moved to Paris and attended the Atelier Fernand Léger, where he was exposed to the work of Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse, which reinvigorated his interest in light and vibrant color, visible in his 1953 painting Big Red. Producing such work led to his association with Art Informel, although Francis never fully associated with any movement. A visit to Japan in 1957 coincided with an opening up of expanses of white space in much of his work, and his subsequent move to a larger studio in Paris resulted in the production of large-scale paintings and mural commissions, including a 1959 painting...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Pink Venus Kiki
By Sam Francis
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis
Title: Pink Venus Kiki
Portfolio: 1 Cent Life
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1964
Edition Size: 2000
Frame Size: 20 5/8" x 28 3/4"
Sheet Size:...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
A Sail
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Sam Francis A Sail, 1969 is an exciting expression of color and movement formatted in a landscape orientation. Emblematic of two of the artist’s most recognized approaches, A Sail, 1...
Category
Modern 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tokyo Mon Amour - Lithograph by Sam Francis - 1963
By Sam Francis
Located in Roma, IT
Tokyo Mon Amour is an artwork realized by Sam Francis (1923 San Mateo, California) in 1963.
Color lithograph. Hand signed and numbered 4/25.
80x47 cm not framed.
Printed by Joe ...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF64-121)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF64-121)
1964
Gouache and oil on paper
69.9 x 104.4 cms (27 1/2 x 41 1/8 ins)
SF14605
Exhibited:
New York, 'Chamberlain/Francis', Van Doren Waxter, July 11- ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
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
Exhibit...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Gouache
Composition in Red
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Composition in Red
c. 1960
Gouache on paper
52.5 x 24.5 cms (20 11/16 x 9 11/16 ins)
SF14434
$125,000
Exhibited:
Bernard Jacobson Gall...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Gouache
Sam Francis Round Breast of Jane Mansfield
By Sam Francis
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis
Medium: Lithograph
Title: Round Breast of Jayne Mansfield
Portfolio: 1964 1¢ Life
Year: 1964
Edition: 2000
Framed Size: 21 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Sheet Size: 16 1/8" x 11...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Damp, Lithograph, USA 1969, Signed and numbered by artist
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists.
After serving in the air force in WWII, Francis returned to his native Californi...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, 1963
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created circa 1963, this color lithograph on Rives BFK paper is hand signed by Sam Francis in pencil in the lower right and inscribed “Special Proof Marlene” in pencil in the lower m...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sea Sail (SF-92)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1969, on BFK Rives paper, signed and inscribed ‘AP’ in pencil, an artists’s proof aside from the standard edition of 20, printed and published by Tamarind Lith...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Seal Sail (SF-92)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1969, on BFK Rives paper, signed and annotated ‘AP’ in pencil, an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 20, printed and published by Tamarind Litho...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-106A)
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size : 72 × 102 cm
Frame size : 92 x 121 x 3 cm
Signed and numbered AP (Artist proof)
Edition of 40 + Proofs 8 Artists Proof, 6 Trial Proof, 6 State Proof.
Sam Francis Archive Number: SF-106A.
Literature: Lembark L108.
Museum glass anti-reflective.
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
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - Lithograph by Sam Francis - 1964
By Sam Francis
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sam Francis in 1964
Original Color Lithograph on BFK Rives, belonging to the suite "Pasadena Box Series".
Hand signed and ...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cloud Rock and Kayo 4 Years Old -- Red Eye, from 1¢ Life
By Sam Francis
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis
Medium: Two lithographs printed on full page sheet
Title: Cloud Rock and Kayo 4 Years Old -- Red Eye
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Year: 1964
Edition: 2000
Framed Size: 23 x...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
An 8 Set--3 * An 8 Set--5
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Very good impressions of these extremely scarce, early color lithograph proofs, double-sided, on Rives BFK. Each an unique proof with color variations, aside from the edition of 100. One side signed, inscribed "monoprint" and numbered 10/16 in pencil. Printed by Joe Funk at Joseph Press...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Damp (SF 90)
By Sam Francis
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1969
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated "Color Trial Proof #5"
Publisher : Tamarind Lithography Workshop (Los Angeles)
Printer : Tamarind Lithography Worksh...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sail I
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
101.6 x 71.1 cms (40 x 28 ins)
Edition of 40
Signed lower left; numbered lower centre, printer's chop lower right.
Publisher: Hollander's Workshop, New ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
UNTITLED (1969), [SF69-005], Abstract Painting by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sam Francis (1923‐1994)
UNTITLED [SF69-005]
acrylic on paper
104.7 x 74.9 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/2 in)
Executed in 1969
Signed and dated on the base
This work is identified with the int...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Damp
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Damp
1969
Lithograph, Edition of 20
66 x 94 cms (26 x 37 ins)
SF14868
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Chinese Wall
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Chinese Wall
1969
Lithograph, Edition of 20
76.5 x 57.2 cms (30 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins)
SF15156
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sun Up - Abstract Expressionism American Art Post War
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Sun Up, 1964
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Lithograph in Colours on BFK Rives...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
An Other Set (Y) – From the Pasadena Box
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
An Other Set - Y (From The Pasadena Box)
1964
Lithograph, Edition of 100, experimental proof
39.4 x 57.2 cms (15.51 x 22.52 ins)
SF15493
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mercury
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Mercury
1963
Lithograph on BFK Rives paper, Edition of 20
60 .3 x 47.6 cms (23 3/4 x 18 3/4 ins)
SF16664
Literature:
The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonne 196...
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1968
Lithograph, Edition of 3, experimental proof
66 x 47 cms (26 x 18 1/2 ins)
SF15155
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sam Francis Black Stone lithograph (Sam Francis Prints)
By Sam Francis
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage 1960s Sam Francis Lithograph:
Sam Francis, "Blackstone," 1964.
Lithograph in colors.
16 x 23 inches (Dimensions including frame: 27.5 x 21.5 inches).
Framed in glass. Cente...
Category
Pop Art 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sulfur Sail
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
97.5 x 66 cms (38 3/8 x 26 ins)
Edition of 20
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
1¢ Life and Uncle Sam Loves Marilyn
By Sam Francis
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis
Medium: Two lithographs printed on full page sheet
Title: 1¢ Life (Left) and Uncle Sam Loves Marilyn (Right)
Portfolio: 1¢ Life
Year: 1964
Edition Size: 2000
Fram...
Category
1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Acrylic
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
An 8 Set - 7 - From the Pasadena Box
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph
38.4 x 56.5 cms (15 1/8 x 22 1/4 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Blue Cut Sail
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
55.9 x 76.2 cms (22 x 30 ins)
Edition of 20
Signed lower left verso, numbered lower left verso, publisher's chop lower left verso.
Publisher: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1960s 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
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Color, 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
Abstract 1960s Art
Materials
Color, 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
Abstract Expressionist 1960s Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph