Sam Francis, "Spleen", Lithograph

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...

Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994). Pair of color lithographs titled "Paradise of Ash" depicting blocks of color with the artist's signature network of splashes, 1981. The black squar...

Abstract Sam Francis (1923-1994) Artist Proof lithograph from the early 1960s. This piece was acquired in 1984 from the Smith Anderson Gallery. Fram...

Color lithograph on Rives BFK, 1975 37 x27 inches,full margins, Signed and numbered 10/30 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by The Litho Shop Inc. ,Santa Monica,with...

Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) was dubbed "the hottest American Painter in Paris" by Time magazine in 1956 for introducing his exciting, colorful style of abstraction. Francis, who was born in 1923, in San Mateo, started making art as part of his therapy while he was hospitalized for spinal tuberculosis during World War II. In less than a decade, he would be hailed as a celebrity in Paris for introducing an exciting, modern idea to the city, and eventually he would win international acclaim for his bright, colorful abstractions, which have been described as colored spaetzli, platelets, and protozoa. Sam Francis, Colored Lithograph paint splatters of blue, green, yellow and red with the names and initials of MA2, Kiki, Pink Venus...

Exceptional vintage signed and framed lithograph by Sam Briss. Features a surreal depiction of a nude woman with birds.