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Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1991 Etching in colours, Edition of 19, Colour Trial Proof 119.4 x 71.1 cms (47 x 28 ins) SF17883
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Sam FrancisUntitled (SF64-048)1964
1964
$210,000
£158,872.57
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NOK 2,028,709.62
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About the Item
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, these works make autobiographical reference, as the blue of these works embody the sheer pain, the dysfunction of his kidney, and the discoloration and enlargement of his testicles that were the result of the renal tuberculosis diagnosed in 1961.
At the same time, the series is also about Francis’ exploration of the color blue. Blue evokes the sky and infinity, as it did for Giotto, Kandinsky and Yves Klein. The blue cell-like forms floating in an open, and often white space are in a state of motion and change. These forms are cellular and atom-like, organic and non-organic forms that suggest we inhabit a constant state of becoming. The cellular forms also refer back to Francis’ earlier training as a student of botany; much of his work refers to the botanist’s language of growth, flowering and decay.
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Signed and dated ' Sam Francis 1964 Tokyo' (verso)
Inscribed '64-048' '27 3/8 x 41' (verso)
Stamped 'The Sam Francis Estate' (verso)
Accompanied by a 'Certificate of Archival Documentation' issued by The Sam Francis Estate dated 27th September 2004; archival identification number SF64-048.
- Creator:Sam Francis (1923–1994, American)
- Creation Year:1964
- Dimensions:Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU262215754392
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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