Swatch Watch
View Similar Items
Sam FrancisSwatch Watch1992
1992
About the Item
- Creator:Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
- Creation Year:1992
- Dimensions:Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Buffalo, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU13921142393
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.
Find authentic Sam Francis art today on 1stDibs.
- Wedding PartyLocated in Buffalo, NYAn original mid century modern woodblock print. This work is hand signed illegibly and titled "Wedding Party".Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Woodcut
$400 Sale Price38% Off - American Mid Century Abstract Monotype Print Abstract Colorful 1960By Toma YovanovichLocated in Buffalo, NYMid-Century Modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich (1931- 2016). Yovanovich's work is found in many public and private collections all over the world. Circa 1960. This work signed and comes with a modern archival...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Monotype
- American Mid Century Abstract Monotype Print Abstract Colorful 1960By Toma YovanovichLocated in Buffalo, NYMid-Century Modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich (1931- 2016). Yovanovich's work is found in many public and private collections all over t...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Monotype
- American Mid Century Abstract Monotype Print Abstract Colorful 1960By Toma YovanovichLocated in Buffalo, NYMid-Century Modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich (1931- 2016). Yovanovich's work is found in many public and private collections all over t...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Monotype
- American Mid Century Abstract Monotype Print Abstract Colorful 1960By Toma YovanovichLocated in Buffalo, NYMid-Century Modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich (1931- 2016). Yovanovich's work is found in many public and private collections all over t...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Monotype
- American Mid Century Abstract Monotype Painting Print Abstract Colorful 1960By Toma YovanovichLocated in Buffalo, NYMid-Century Modern abstract expressionist monotype print by American artist Toma Yovanovich (1931- 2016). Yovanovich's work is found in many public and private collections all over t...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Monotype
- Time And Space - Black and White Lithograph On PaperBy I. ColonLocated in Soquel, CAStriking abstract expressionist lithograph by I. Colon (20th Century). An open hand with a baby in the palm is the focal point with objects, including a spaceship, an eye and doodles...Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Lithograph
- Abstract Lithograph with Animals and FiguresBy Michael William EgglestonLocated in Soquel, CAAbstract figurative lithograph with a lively jumble of abstracted animal and figurative forms by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Titled (illegible), numbered ("5/...Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Ink, Lithograph
$700 Sale Price20% Off - "Noir #11", Contemporary Miniature Figurative Abstract Lithograph in BlackLocated in Soquel, CAMiniature contemporary black and white abstract expressionist lithograph of a highly abstracted face in white by Bay Area artist Peter Foley (American, 20th/21stCentury). Signed "P.F...Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsParchment Paper, Lithograph
- Basquiat Annina Nosei Gallery 1982 (Basquiat anatomy announcement)By after Jean-Michel BasquiatLocated in NEW YORK, NYJean-Michel Basquiat, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1982: Rare Basquiat announcement card published by Annina Nosei Gallery to advertise the release of ‘Basquiat Anatomy’ (a suite ...Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsPaper, Lithograph, Offset
- Large 1960's California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist LA Lithograph John AltoonLocated in Surfside, FLJohn Altoon (1925-1969) UNTITLED, 1966, color lithograph, hand signed in pencil and inscribed trail proof II, sheet 29 ¾ x 41 ¼, printed by Gemini G.E.L.,...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- "Seder" original artists proof signed lithograph by Theo TobiasseBy Théo TobiasseLocated in Paonia, COSeder by Tobiasse shows a group of eleven men, woman and children sitting and standing around the Seder table with an orange background. This original lithograph is in good condi...Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
