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Original etching and aquatint. Hand-signed and numbered. // This striking etching and aquatint by Sam Francis presents a luminous white organic form floating against a deep grey-brown ground, with dramatic black splatters and gestural marks radiating from a dense central mass. The work exemplifies Francis's characteristic dialogue between open white space and explosive gestural energy — his hallmark contribution to lyrical Abstract Expressionism. Printed with exceptional tonal range, the aquatint passages create atmospheric depth while the etched lines add calligraphic precision. A powerful and rare intaglio work from the California master's mature period.
Island Plate, 1973
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Original etching and aquatint. Hand-signed and numbered. // This striking etching and aquatint by Sam Francis presents a luminous white organic form floating against a deep grey-brown ground, with dramatic black splatters and gestural marks radiating from a dense central mass. The work exemplifies Francis's characteristic dialogue between open white space and explosive gestural energy — his hallmark contribution to lyrical Abstract Expressionism. Printed with exceptional tonal range, the aquatint passages create atmospheric depth while the etched lines add calligraphic precision. A powerful and rare intaglio work from the California master's mature period.
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Sam Francis
Untitled (from The Fresh Air School Portfolio), 1972
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
EUR 1,850
What is Colour Field Painting?
Colour Field Painting is an abstract style characterized by large areas of a single color or simple, solid colors. The term was first used in the 1950s to describe the work of three American Abstract Expressionist painters—Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. Their work emphasized the emotional power of color and the creation of vast, meditative spaces through expansive color fields.
