Skip to main content

Sam Francis Art

American, 1923-1994

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.

to
12
12
21
43
51
42
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
167
2
1
1
38
34
51
30
132
4
4
1
1
104
63
2
6
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
84
35
29
27
21
174
10,191
2,807
2,500
1,398
49
26
81
72
Artist: Sam Francis
Sam Francis, Karel Appel & Walasse Ting, lithographs, hand signed, 85/100 Framed
Sam Francis, Karel Appel & Walasse Ting, lithographs, hand signed, 85/100 Framed

Sam Francis, Karel Appel & Walasse Ting, lithographs, hand signed, 85/100 Framed

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

From the rare, fully signed edition of One Cent Life - only 100 examples were hand signed by the artists. Exceptional provenance from Robert Indiana's estate. Sam Francis, Karel App...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sam Francis, Blue-Violet, Lithograph, Stanford University Museum, Signed, Framed
Sam Francis, Blue-Violet, Lithograph, Stanford University Museum, Signed, Framed

Sam Francis, Blue-Violet, Lithograph, Stanford University Museum, Signed, Framed

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

Sam Francis Blue-Violet (Lembark, L, 32), exhibited at Stanford University Art Museum, 1963 Color lithograph on Rives BFK paper with deckled edges Lithograph in blue-violet on Rives ...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Swatch : Color Explosion - Original lithograph (Mourlot, 1992)
Swatch : Color Explosion - Original lithograph (Mourlot, 1992)

Swatch : Color Explosion - Original lithograph (Mourlot, 1992)

By Sam Francis

Located in Paris, IDF

Sam FRANCIS Color explosion, 1992 Original lithograph Unsigned On Arches vellum 86.5 x 29.5 cm Numbered on the back Authenticated by Moulot blind stamp INFORMATION : Edited by Gale...

Category

1990s American Modern Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sam Francis - Abstract Expressionist lithograph, Signed/N from Wolf Kahn Estate
Sam Francis - Abstract Expressionist lithograph, Signed/N from Wolf Kahn Estate

Sam Francis - Abstract Expressionist lithograph, Signed/N from Wolf Kahn Estate

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

SAM FRANCIS Affiche Moderna Museet Stockholm (Catalogue Raisonne Lembark-16, p.66), 1960 Color lithograph on Rives BFK Paper with deckled edges Pencil signed lower right of center; n...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School) /// Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art
Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School) /// Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School) /// Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

By Sam Francis

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School)" Portfolio: Fresh Air School *Unsigned edition Year: 1972 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph on...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Untitled (SF-355), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis
Untitled (SF-355), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis

Untitled (SF-355), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Untitled (SF-355), Portfolio: Papierski Portfolio, Year: 1992, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

SF 89-153.
SF 89-153.

SF 89-153.

By Sam Francis

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled (SF-351), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis
Untitled (SF-351), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis

Untitled (SF-351), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Untitled (SF-351), Portfolio: Papierski Portfolio, Year: 1992, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, 1981, Sam Francis Monotype
Untitled, 1981, Sam Francis Monotype

Untitled, 1981, Sam Francis Monotype

By Sam Francis

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Untitled, 1981, unique embossed monotype print on handmade paper. Created at the Institute of Experimental Printmaking by lauded American artist, Sam Francis (1923-1994). The Sam Fra...

Category

1980s Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Deluxe Hand Signed & Numbered 25/30 Cat: Lembark 155 Carnegie Museum lithograph
Deluxe Hand Signed & Numbered 25/30 Cat: Lembark 155 Carnegie Museum lithograph

Deluxe Hand Signed & Numbered 25/30 Cat: Lembark 155 Carnegie Museum lithograph

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

Sam Francis Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph (Hand Signed from the Carnegie Museum Deluxe Edition), 1972 Catalogue Raisonné: 155, Lembark Hand signed and numbered 25/30 on...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Colors in Space II" (SF-95) Signed Printer's Proof Lithograph on Archival Paper
"Colors in Space II" (SF-95) Signed Printer's Proof Lithograph on Archival Paper

"Colors in Space II" (SF-95) Signed Printer's Proof Lithograph on Archival Paper

By Sam Francis

Located in Soquel, CA

"Colors in Space II" (SF-95) Signed Printer's Proof Lithograph on Archival Paper Bright and playful abstract composition by Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994). Splashes of yellow, or...

Category

1960s American Modern Sam Francis Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

Lt Ed. Lithograph from the Deluxe (Hand Signed) 1984 Olympic Committee portfolio
Lt Ed. Lithograph from the Deluxe (Hand Signed) 1984 Olympic Committee portfolio

Lt Ed. Lithograph from the Deluxe (Hand Signed) 1984 Olympic Committee portfolio

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

Sam Francis Untitled Abstract Expressionist print for the 1984 Olympics, 1982 Offset Lithograph on Parsons Diploma Parchment paper, hand signed with COA from publisher for Olympic Co...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Pencil, Lithograph, Offset

Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph, from Carnegie Museum (155 Lembark)
Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph, from Carnegie Museum (155 Lembark)

Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph, from Carnegie Museum (155 Lembark)

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

Sam Francis Untitled (from Fresh Air School), 1972 Lithograph on wove paper, for the Carnegie Museum of Art 15 × 22 inches Limited Edition of 6,000 (unsigned edition; there is a sepa...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (SF-297)
Untitled (SF-297)

Untitled (SF-297)

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this color lithograph on Rives. Signed and numbered 4/50 in pencil by Francis. Printed and published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, with the blind s...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght) Poster /// Sam Francis Abstract Expression
Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght) Poster /// Sam Francis Abstract Expression

Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght) Poster /// Sam Francis Abstract Expression

By Sam Francis

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght)" Year: 1983 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited ...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Untitled by Sam Francis
Untitled by Sam Francis

Untitled by Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in New Orleans, LA

Sam Francis 1923-1994 American Untitled Signed and dated "Sam Francis 1965" (en verso) Oil on canvas This striking painting hails from the renowned Edge Paintings series by impor...

Category

20th Century Modern Sam Francis Art

Materials

Oil

Abstract composition - Original lithograph
Abstract composition - Original lithograph

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Aquatint, Color

Untitled -  Lithograph by Sam Francis - 1986
Untitled -  Lithograph by Sam Francis - 1986

Untitled - Lithograph by Sam Francis - 1986

By Sam Francis

Located in Roma, IT

Untitled is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sam Francis in 1986 Lithograph on BFK Rives. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition of 23/55. Dryp stamp of the Editor The Litho Shops Inc Santa Monica. George Page...

Category

1980s Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Iron Forest)

Untitled (Iron Forest)

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

Sam Francis (1923-1994) Untitled (Iron Forest) 1989 Acrylic on prepared paper 91.4 x 182.9 cms (36 x 72 ins) SF012

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Acrylic

"For the blue sons of air"
"For the blue sons of air"

"For the blue sons of air"

By Sam Francis

Located in Wien, Wien

Sam Francis 1923 - 1994 "For the blue sons of air" 1990 Color screenprint on paper, 136 x 81.3cm Signed in pencil below, numbered 132/150 below l. Publisher: The American Indian He...

Category

1990s Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Screen

UNTITLED

UNTITLED

By Sam Francis

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Original Lithograph 38 3/8 x 28 inches Signed Lower Right Dated and Numbered 25/28 Lower Left

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

L’étoile (SF-364)
L’étoile (SF-364)

L’étoile (SF-364)

By Sam Francis

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

The final print of Sam Francis. L’étoile (SF-364) 1995. Museum glass anti-reflective. Artwork size : 127 x 78,5 cm Frame size : 147x98x4 cm Edition 6/50 artist blindstamp signature. Stamped by the Publisher. Artist's Proofs: 8 ex. Sam Francis Archive Number: SF-364. Free shipment worldwide. Publisher: The Litho Shop, Santa Monica. 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

2010s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-36)
Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-36)

Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-36)

By Sam Francis

Located in Greenwich, CT

Untitled, 1994 (SFP94-36) is an acrylic painting on canvas, from Francis' 'Last Works' collection. The canvas is 18 x 22 inches and stamped verso with the Sam Francis estate stamp. F...

Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (SFP94-78) (SFF.1754)
Untitled (SFP94-78) (SFF.1754)

Untitled (SFP94-78) (SFF.1754)

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

Sam Francis Untitled (SFF.1704) 1994 Acrylic on canvas 38.1 x 45.7 cms (15 x 18 ins) Provenance: Estate of the artist, California, 1994; Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, June 1996; ...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sklye by Sam Francis - Painting, Acrylic, Abstract Art
Sklye by Sam Francis - Painting, Acrylic, Abstract Art

Sklye by Sam Francis - Painting, Acrylic, Abstract Art

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Sklye by Sam Francis (1923-1994) Acrylic on paper 14.6 x 10.2 cm (5 ³/₄ x 4 inches) Signed, Sam Francis and dated on th...

Category

1980s Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Demeter (L. L.146), Sam Francis
Demeter (L. L.146), Sam Francis

Demeter (L. L.146), Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Sam Francis (1923-1994) Title: Demeter (L. L.146) Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper Edition: A.P. III; 34, plus proofs Size: 18 x 24 inches Condition...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (SFE-118), Abstract Expressionist Aquatint by Sam Francis
Untitled (SFE-118), Abstract Expressionist Aquatint by Sam Francis

Untitled (SFE-118), Abstract Expressionist Aquatint by Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Untitled (SFE-118), Year: 1993-94, Medium: Aquatint, numbered in pencil and signature embossed, Edition: 4/20, Image Size: 35.75 x 18 inch...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Aquatint

Sulfur Sail

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (SF64-121)

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

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Gouache

Untitled

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Aquatint, Monoprint

Untitled (SF-208), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis, 1976
Untitled (SF-208), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis, 1976

Untitled (SF-208), Abstract Expressionist 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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Generated (SF-275) /// Huge Diptych Sam Francis Abstract Expressionism Yellow
Generated (SF-275) /// Huge Diptych Sam Francis Abstract Expressionism Yellow

Generated (SF-275) /// Huge Diptych Sam Francis Abstract Expressionism Yellow

By Sam Francis

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Generated (SF-275)" *Signed by Francis in pencil (on second sheet) lower right Year: 1983 Medium: Original Lithograph on two sheets ...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, c.1974-1976 (SF129s)
Untitled, c.1974-1976 (SF129s)

Untitled, c.1974-1976 (SF129s)

By Sam Francis

Located in Greenwich, CT

Untitled (SF129s) dating to c.1974-1976 is a mixed media, silkscreen monotype on handmade paper, 30 x 22.5 inches sheet size and estate-stamped verso (copy of Francis estate certific...

Category

20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Monotype, Screen

SFE-080RC

SFE-080RC

By Sam Francis

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Untitled. SFE-080RC. Artwork size : 56 x 76 cm. Frame size : 75 x 97 x 4 cm Museum glass anti-reflective. Signed and numbered 46/75 ex. Sam Francis Archive Number : SF-353. 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

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Etching

Untitled (Los Angeles)
Untitled (Los Angeles)

Untitled (Los Angeles)

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

1960s Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Composition in Red

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

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Gouache

Untitled, 1970 (SF68-44)
Untitled, 1970 (SF68-44)

Untitled, 1970 (SF68-44)

By Sam Francis

Located in Greenwich, CT

Untitled (SF68-44) from 1970 is an acrylic painting on paper with an image size of 41 x 27.5 inches, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1970' verso, and framed in a custom, closed-corner,...

Category

20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Sam Francis Original Color Lithograph, 1965 - “Variant of Fifty”
Sam Francis Original Color Lithograph, 1965 - “Variant of Fifty”

Sam Francis Original Color Lithograph, 1965 - “Variant of Fifty”

By Sam Francis

Located in Phoenix, AZ

This bright colorful lithograph is by California abstract artist Sam Francis (1923-1995). The work is in excellent condition and archivally framed in a period minimalist metal frame....

Category

Mid-20th Century Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paper

Untitled (SFE-081) - 1992 - American Abstract Expressionism
Untitled (SFE-081) - 1992 - American Abstract Expressionism

Untitled (SFE-081) - 1992 - 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-081), 1992 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on ...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Untitled (SF64-048)

Untitled (SF64-048)

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

From the series Blue Balls, (1960-63). This series preoccupied Francis for a number of years, and as William C. Agee pointed out, are rooted in his threatened physical body. Again, t...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Acrylic

Blue Bones
Blue Bones

Blue Bones

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

Color lithograph on BFK Rives, 1964. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. This work is from an edition of 101. Printed by Emil Matthieu Atelier, Zurich. Publish by William...

Category

1960s Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)

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

1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Gouache

Untitled SF74-863

Untitled SF74-863

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

In the 1970s, the beginning of a new phase in Francis’ career was defined by the emergence of the ‘color blotches’. These spots of gritty, shimmering color were made through glazes, ...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Acrylic

SAM FRANCIS Untitled (Lembark  L172) 1974 Color Lithograph on paper, framed
SAM FRANCIS Untitled (Lembark  L172) 1974 Color Lithograph on paper, framed

SAM FRANCIS Untitled (Lembark L172) 1974 Color Lithograph on paper, framed

By Sam Francis

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

SAM FRANCIS 1974 Lithograph in colors on Rives BFK paper 22.25 x 39 inches (55.9 x 99.1 cm) (sheet) Ed. 5/100 (there were also 9 artist's proofs). Lembark L172 Signed and numbere...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

Composition by Sam Francis - Abstract, mixed media
Composition by Sam Francis - Abstract, mixed media

Composition by Sam Francis - Abstract, mixed media

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5% Composition by Sam Francis (1923-1994) Acryl...

Category

1990s Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Sun Up - Abstract Expressionism American Art Post War
Sun Up - Abstract Expressionism American Art Post War

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled

Untitled

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

Sam Francis Untitled 1978 Lithograph, Edition of 15, 11 unique colour variants This is one of the unique colour variants 129.7 x 129.9 cms (51.1 x 51.1 ins) SF17881

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled Aquatint Print, Artist Proof, Signed, 1980s, Framed
Untitled Aquatint Print, Artist Proof, Signed, 1980s, Framed

Untitled Aquatint Print, Artist Proof, Signed, 1980s, Framed

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

Sam Francis was an American artist known for his exuberant large-scale abstract paintings. His practice incorporated elements from Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Imp...

Category

1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Art

Materials

Aquatint

Untitled

Untitled

By Sam Francis

Located in London, GB

Sam Francis Untitled Circa 1960 Lithograph, Edition of 40 71.9 x 50.8 cms (28.3 x 20 ins) SF17686

Category

1960s Abstract Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mercury

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (SF-353), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis
Untitled (SF-353), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis

Untitled (SF-353), Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Untitled (SF-353), Portfolio: Papierski Portfolio, Year: 1992, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled

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 Sam Francis Art

Materials

Aquatint, Color, Etching

Ariel's Ring

Ariel's Ring

By Sam Francis

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Sam Francis Ariel's Ring 1972 Screenprint 40 3/4 × 50 5/8 in Edition of 80 Pencil signed & numbered Condition: This work is in excellent condition. Frank...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Screen

Chicago International Art Exposition, Abstract Expressionist Poster, Sam Francis
Chicago International Art Exposition, Abstract Expressionist Poster, Sam Francis

Chicago International Art Exposition, Abstract Expressionist Poster, Sam Francis

By Sam Francis

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Chicago International Art Exposition, Year: 1989, Medium: Poster, Size: 56.5 x 36.5 in. (143.51 x 92.71 cm), Printer: Black Box Collotype ...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art

Materials

Offset

Sam Francis art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Sam Francis art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Sam Francis in lithograph, etching, aquatint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Sam Francis art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Robert Motherwell, Paul Jenkins, and Theodoros Stamos. Sam Francis art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $70 and tops out at $950,000, while the average work can sell for $8,000.

Artists Similar to Sam Francis