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Sam Francis
The Upper Red, 1963 (SF-48)

1963

About the Item

The Upper Red (SF-48) from 1963 is a lithograph on paper, image size 19.75 x 25.75 inches, signed 'Sam Francis' and annotated lower right, framed in a contemporary, light wood frame. One of 15 artists proofs annotated epreuve d'artiste from the total edition of 55 (there were also 40 arabic numbered 1/40 - 40/40). Catalogue - Lembark L.51 “Discussing white in certain of his paintings, Francis suggested that “the white space in them is the fullness of them… It is a celebration of the fertility of the white space.” Possibly because of the intimate scale of a print, one is always aware of white both as an arena for visual activity and as the physical presence of the paper. How much white paper is visible, how much covered, pushed away, compressed, becomes a central issue: one looks at it, asks about it, feels it as one experiences a print. What the ink is doing to obliterate or expose the white becomes a subject. In most of Francis’s lithographs and screenprints, although there are several exceptions, color bleeds off the sheet, with no framing margin of paper maintained. Such an approach emphasizes the fluidity of his drawing, allowing marks to dance across the surface unconstrained, as they do in his canvases and paintings on paper. ‘My painting spreads,” he has said.’” (23) Fine, Ruth E., "Patterns Across the Membrane of the Mind." The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné 1960 - 1990: Volume I. Edited by Connie W. Lembark, Hudson Hills Press, 1992, New York)
  • Creator:
    Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1963
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    generally excellent condition with a handling dent lower right corner and some light staining, and fox spots.
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1701stDibs: LU2664213418032
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