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Sam FrancisUntitled, 19631963
1963
About the Item
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 middle.
Sam Francis Untitled, c. 1963 is stunning in its simplicity. Limited to only two colors—a beautiful red and a forest green—the piece possesses incredible depth that is created by the energetic layering of the two pigments through various splashes, drips, and swoops. The viewer gets the sense of observing only a slice of a much greater universe of color and motion as the various forms disappear off the edges of the sheet. While the entire visual field is wonderfully filled out, much of the background remains unobscured, a testament to Francis’ ability to create a compelling composition with minimal forms. The composition is further enriched by the diversity of those forms, which range from a thin line of red dots running vertically through the piece on the left, to the organic green half-circle rising out of the bottom. All of the marks on the work seem to be moving at different speeds, in different directions, and with various energies. Some are self-contained and float tranquilly like little planets, some race across the work in a dynamic streak. Yet they all come together in visual unity to create an effective and eye-catching composition that showcases Sam Francis’s phenomenal ability to create a compelling abstract narrative.
About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Sam Francis Untitled, c. 1963 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.
- Creator:Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
- Creation Year:1963
- Dimensions:Height: 22.25 in (56.52 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Palo Alto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 61771stDibs: LU156728560682
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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