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Untitled SFE-003 (Blue, Red and Yellow) - American Abstract Expressionism
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled SFE-003 (Blue, Red and Yellow), 1982
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed E...
Category
1980s Popular Artists
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
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
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-128C)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil Sam Francis.
A superb impression of the only state, from the edition of 16, numbered in pencil ...
Category
1970s Post-War Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
SF 89-153.
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 67 x 51 cm.
Frame size: 112 x 97 cm.
Free shipment worldwide.
Archive number SF 89-153 in the Sam Francis Foundation.
Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo and stamped signature on verso.
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
1980s Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Yunan I
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A preeminent figure in 20th century abstraction, Sam Francis (1923-1994) is renowned for his dynamic and colorful works.
Printmaking was an essential part of Francis' practice. The ...
Category
1970s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
ABS, Lithograph, Archival Paper
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
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
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 Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1984
Etching and aquatint in colours, edition of 30, this is a colour trial proof
74.6 x 43.2 cms (29 3/8 x 17 ins)
SF15201
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-355)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Web (SFS-136)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on wove paper
Edition of 50
Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Signed and numbered in pencil with studio blindstamp
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Screen
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 Popular Artists
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Untitled (SF-362)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF-362), 1994
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Lithograph in Colours o...
Category
1990s Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown American artist Sam Francis 1923-1994. It is hand signed and inscribed E.A. (Epreuve d'Artiste, Arti...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-315)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Frame: 44 x 35.75 in.
Signed and numbered in pencil
Image drawn with water tusche directly on plates
Lembark 271
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, from Michael Walberg Poemes dans le Ciel (Lembark 273)
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Sam Francis
Untitled, from Michael Walberg Poemes dans le Ciel (Lembark 273)
1986
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Edition of 100
...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
SELF-PORTRAIT
By Sam Francis
Located in Portland, ME
Francis, Sam. SELF-PORTRAIT. Lembark 52. Etching, 1982. Edition of 20, signed and numbered "1/20" in pencil. Printed on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, and published by 3EP, Ltd., Palo Alto,...
Category
1980s Popular Artists
Materials
Etching
Abstract Lithograph by Sam Francis, 1976
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994)
Title: Untitled (SF-208)
Year: 1976
Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 25/30
Size: 33 x 25 in. (83.82...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SF-343)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (light yellow, golden yellow, yellow-green, light ultramarine blue, purple, red on PTI #120 Waterleaf wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower ...
Category
1990s Post-War Popular Artists
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
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
"Concert Hall Set III" Large original color lithograph
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Concert Hall Set III" 1977 is an original color lithograph on B.F.K Rives paper by renown American artist Sam Francis 1923-1994. It i...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (SFE-071)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original aquatint/monoprint printed in 7 colors from 3 runs from 3 steel-faced copper plates, with pure permanent powdered pigment added to the plate prior to printing the third run
...
Category
1980s Post-War Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Plate size: 36.8 x 27. 3 cms (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 ins)
Image size: 15.2 x 9.5 cms (6 x 3 3/4 ins)
Edition of 20
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled (SF-363)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF-363), 1994
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Lithograph in Colours o...
Category
1990s Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Spun for James Kirsch
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Sam Francis
Spun for James Kirsch
1972
Screenprint
30 x 22 1/2 in.
Edition of 100
Pencil signed & numbered
Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienbaum Fine A...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Screen
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
1960s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled (SFE-112)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
riginal etching printed in 18 colors on BFK Rives wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb artist’s proof impression of the definitive...
Category
1990s 85 New Wave Popular Artists
Materials
Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, monoprint with chine collé
84.5 x 68.6 cms (33 1/4 x 27 ins)
Edition of 22 variants
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Aquatint
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
1960s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled (CPT)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
91.4 x 81.6 cms (36 x 32 1/8 ins)
Edition of 20
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Aquatint
Exhibition Poster for Metaphysique de vide - Michel Waldberg
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Francis, Sam. Exhibition Poster for Metaphysique de vide- Michael Waldberg
Ca 1980. Serigraph,
Painter and printmaker who was prominent among the group of painters known as the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Screen
Sam Francis - Michel Waldberg - Metaphysique Du Vid
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Exhibition Poster. Color lithograph 1986
Painter and printmaker who was prominent among the group of painters known as the seco...
Category
1980s Contemporary Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Concert Hall Set III
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (yellow, yellow-green, light blue, magenta, turquoise, dark blue) from 6 aluminum plates on BFK Rive wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower r...
Category
1970s Post-War Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Trietto III
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original aquatint printed in 11 colors on Fabriano wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb impression of the definitive state, from t...
Category
20th Century Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Aquatint and drypoint
75.9 x 60.6 cms (29 7/8 x 23 7/8 ins) paper size
60.3 x 45.4 cms (23 3/4 x 17 7/8 ins) plate size
Edition of 5
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
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 Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
114.3 x 70.5 cms (45 x 27.76 ins)
Edition of 50
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Smoke Sulfur
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
64.8 x 85.7 cms (25.5 x 33.75 ins)
Edition of 30
Paper: Rives BFK
Proofs: 1 BAT, 6 AP (I on Japanese paper), I CTP
Signed lower right; numbered lower left; publisher's cho...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Senza Titolo I
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
125.5 x 135.5 cms (49.41 x 53.35 ins)
Edition of 58
Signed in pencil, inscribed 'Bon a tirer'.
Published by 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome
Printed by Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, with t...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
74.6 x 43.2 cms (29 3/8 x 17 ins)
Edition of 30
Plate: 60.3 x 25.1 cm (23 3/4 x 9 7/8 ins),
Sheet: 74.6 x 43.2 cm (29 3/8 x 17 ins)
Paper: Somerset Textured
Edition of 30
Proofs: I BAT, 3 AP, 3 CTP
Signed right, under image, numbered left, under image; publisher's chop lower right.
Publisher: The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, California
Printed by Jacob Samuel...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
UNTITLED
By Sam Francis
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered etching and aquatint on wove paper. Edition of 40. Image size 23.875 x 18 inches. Sheet size 33.5 x 27 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame has some random scratches. Blindstamp of the publisher, The Litho Shop, Santa Monica, printed by Jacob Samuel...
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Abstract composition - Original lithograph
By Sam Francis
Located in Paris, IDF
Sam FRANCIS
Abstract composition (c. 1986)
Original lithograph
Unsigned as issued
Justified bottom right "Lithographie originale de Sam Francis - Atelier d'Art Desjobert"
On l...
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Yunan (State III)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
107.3 x 73 cms (42 1/4 x 28 3/4 ins)
Edition of 15
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Etching
Untitled (SFE-057)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original aquatint printed in 20 colors from 4 steel-faced copper plates on BFK Rives wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb artist’s proof...
Category
1990s Pop Art Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, monoprint with chine collé
85.7 x 68.6 cms (33 3/4 x 27 ins)
Edition of 19 variants
Category
1990s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Monoprint
Untitled (SFE-085)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching printed in seventeen colors on BFK Rives wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Sam Francis.
A superb artist’s proof impression of the d...
Category
1990s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Etching
Untitled (red down centre)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
117 x 76 cms (46 x 30 ins)
Edition of 50
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Untitled (SF-343)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in six colors (light yellow, golden yellow, yellow-green, light ultramarine blue, purple, red on PTI #120 Waterleaf wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil l...
Category
1990s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, 1988
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled, 1988
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Screenprint in colours on wove p...
Category
1980s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Screen
Paper Weight
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
43.2 x 55.9 cms (17 x 22 ins)
Edition of 38
Category
1970s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Senza Titolo II (Untitled II)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86 x 107 cms (33 7/8 x 42 1/8 ins)
Edition of 66
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Etching
Untitled (SF-344)
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in five colors (yellow, red, green, ultramarine blue, thalo blue) on PTI #120 Waterleaf wove paper.
Hand-signed in pencil lower left Sam Francis.
A su...
Category
1990s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86.4 x 71.8 cms (34 x 28.25 ins)
Edition of 17
Paper: Somerset Textured
Proofs: 9 AP, I CTP (on handmade paper)
Signed right, under image; numbered left, under image; publisher's chop lower right
Publisher: The Litho Shop Inc., Santa Monica, California
Printed by Jacob Samuel...
Category
1980s Popular Artists
Materials
Aquatint, Color
Concert Hall Set III
By Sam Francis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in 6 colors (yellow, yellow-green, light blue, magenta, turquoise, dark blue) from 6 aluminum plates on BFK Rive wove paper
Hand-signed in pencil lower r...
Category
1970s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Her Blue Deeps
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Samuel Lewis Francis (1923 – 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. He received both his BA and MA degrees from University of California, Berkeley, where he studied art, botany, medicine and psychology.
Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He later became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists, including Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, who were increasingly interested in the expressive use of color.
Because Francis worked and exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia, he is credited with helping secure international recognition for postwar American painting...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
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
1960s Abstract Popular Artists
Materials
Lithograph
Yunan (State I)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
106.7 x 72.4 cms (42 x 28 1/2 ins)
Edition of 15
Paper: Arjomari
Proofs: 1 BAT, 4 AP, 3 TP
Signed lower right of centre; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower right
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (SF71 - 407A)
Printed by Lloyd Baggs, assisted by Ron Adams...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Popular Artists
Materials
Color, Lithograph
