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Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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.

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Artist: Sam Francis
Untitled - Lithograph by Sam Francis - 1994
By Sam Francis
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sam Francis in 1994. Lithograph on vélin paper. Hand signed in pencil by the artist. Numbered on the lower margin. Editio...
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1990s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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 ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Offset

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 ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
114.3 x 70.5 cms (45 x 27.76 ins) Edition of 50
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph

Dark Plated, Abstract Lithograph by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
A signed and numbered abstract print by Sam Francis. This bold composition is made up entirely of two tones, black and brown, on wh...
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1970s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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....
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Mid-20th Century Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Paper

Untitled III
By Sam Francis
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Sam Francis Untitled III 1986 Etching and Aquatint, copy 64/76 Hand signed Published by 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome Catalog raisonné reference: (SFE - 066) 88 x 99 cm (plate size) - 1...
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Early 1900s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Primaries
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists. Francis began painting while recuperating after a plane crash whilst serving in ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Rice Paper, Lithograph

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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Damp (SF 90)
By Sam Francis
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1969 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated "Color Trial Proof #5" Publisher : Tamarind Lithography Workshop (Los Angeles) Printer : Tamarind Lithography Worksh...
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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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...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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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
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Screen

Untitled (SF-106A)
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size : 72 × 102 cm Frame size : 92 x 121 x 3 cm Signed and numbered AP (Artist proof) Edition of 40 + Proofs 8 Artists Proof, 6 Trial Proof, 6 State Proof. Sam Francis Archive Number: SF-106A. Literature: Lembark L108. Museum glass anti-reflective. 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...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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...
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1960s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sam Francis Black Stone lithograph (Sam Francis Prints)
By Sam Francis
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage 1960s Sam Francis Lithograph: Sam Francis, "Blackstone," 1964. Lithograph in colors. 16 x 23 inches (Dimensions including frame: 27.5 x 21.5 inches). Framed in glass. Cente...
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1960s Pop Art Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Festival of Japanese Poetry, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Festival of Japanese Poetry, Year: 1985, Medium: Poster, Size: 30.5 x 21.5 in. (77.47 x 54.61 cm)
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Offset

Taiaisha, Abstract Expressionist Poster by Sam Francis
By Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sam Francis, American (1923 - 1994) - Taiaisha, Year: 1986, Medium: Poster, Size: 14.25 x 20.25 in. (36.2 x 51.44 cm)
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Offset

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...
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1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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 ...
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1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Screen

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...
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20th Century Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Monotype, Screen

Firewood
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists. Francis began painting during convalescence from an injury sustained during a pl...
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Screen

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
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled, Artist Proof
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...
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1980s Contemporary Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

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
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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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
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
67.3 x 88.9 cms (26.5 x 35 ins) Edition of 50 Signed lower right, numbered lower left. Published by Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo. Printed by Harumi Sonoyama at Gendai hanga Kobo Co...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1988 Lithograph, Edition of 48 113.3 x 74.3 cms (44.6 x 29.3 ins) SF17882
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

People s Jade, 1971
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1971, Sam Francis People's Jade, 1971 is a color lithograph on Strathmore 100 percent rag paper hand signed by Sam Francis (San Mateo, 1923- Santa Monica, 1994) in pencil ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

People
s Jade, 1971
People
s Jade, 1971
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Untitled (SF-343)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (SF-343), 1990 Signed and numbered in pencil with publisher's chop mark Lithograph in 6 colors on PTI #120 Waterleaf paper 46.25 x 30 inches Edition of 50
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1990s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sam Francis -- Mehrfarbige Spirale
By Sam Francis
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Sam Francis Mehrfarbige Spirale, 1970 Signed in pencil Edition A.P. (the edition was 40) Image size: 60.4 x 45.3 cm Sheet size: 85 x 68 cm Published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Californ...
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1980s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Sam Francis -- Untitled (SFE-021)
By Sam Francis
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Sam Francis Untitled (SFE-021), 1984 Aquatint in colors with Chine collé on Japanese paper Signed lower right Edition 10/10 lower left Image size: 91 × 45 cm Sheet size: 112 × 65 cm...
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1980s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

Untitled (SF-344)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (SF-344), 1990 Signed and numbered with publisher's chop mark Lithograph in 5 colorson PTI #120 Waterleaf paper; torn and deckled edges 47.25 x 30 inches Edition of 50
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1990s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled, 1985
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This aquatint is hand-signed by Sam Francis (California, 1923- California, 1994) in pencil in the lower right and is a unique color trial proof aside from the edition of 30. Francis...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Untitled, 1985
Untitled, 1985
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Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
67.3 x 49.5 cms (26 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins) Edition of 7
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, 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...
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1980s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Screen

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1995 Etching in colours, Edition of 35 53.3 x 45.7 cms (21 x 18 ins) SF17887
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching

King Corpse, 1986
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1986, Sam Francis King Corpse, 1986 is a unique color trial proof screenprint on Arches cover paper hand signed by Sam Francis (San Mateo, 1923- Santa Monica, 1994) in the...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Screen

King Corpse, 1986
King Corpse, 1986
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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
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
97.5 x 71.1 cms (38 3/8 x 28 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches Cover Signed lower left; numbered lower right, publisher's chop lower left.\Publisher: The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, California. Printed by George Page...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph

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
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Aquatint

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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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1989 Aquatint, Edition of 20 44.5 x 32.4 cms (17 1/2 x 12 3/4 ins) 22.9 x 15.2 cms (9 x 6 ins) SF15235
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1980s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Untitled, 1963
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created circa 1963, this color lithograph on Rives BFK paper is hand signed by Sam Francis in pencil in the lower right and inscribed “Special Proof Marlene” in pencil in the lower m...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled, 1963
Untitled, 1963
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Untitled, from Michael Walberg Poemes dans le Ciel (Lembark 272)
By Sam Francis
Located in Miami, FL
Sam Francis Untitled, from Michael Walberg Poemes dans le Ciel (Lembark 272) 1986 Lithograph 30 x 22 in. H.C. (Edition of 20) Pencil signed and numbered
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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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
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1980s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1993 Etching in colours, Edition of 25 61.6 x 44.5 cms (24.3 x 17.5 ins) SF17885
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1993 Etching in colours, Edition of 25 61.6 x 51.4 cms (24.3 x 20.2 ins) SF17886
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1990s Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching

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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Damp
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Damp 1969 Lithograph, Edition of 20 66 x 94 cms (26 x 37 ins) SF14868
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
86.4 x 116.8 cms (34 x 46 ins) Edition of 17 Colour Trial Proof
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Etching

Untitled (SF 349), from: Papierski Portfolio 1973/84
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled (SF 349), from: Papierski Portfolio 1973/84 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Insc...
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1970s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph

Sulfur Sail
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
97.5 x 66 cms (38 3/8 x 26 ins) Edition of 20
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1960s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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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
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, 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
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1990s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Aquatint, Monoprint

Trietto III
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Trietto III, 1991 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colour...
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1990s Abstract Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Senza Titolo III
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
125 x 135.5 cms (49.21 x 53.35 ins) Edition of 76 76 numbered impressions and 14 artist's proofs Fabriano Rosaspina paper Signed in pencil, inscribed 'Bon a tirer'. Published ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Aquatint, Color, Etching

Untitled (red down centre)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
117 x 76 cms (46 x 30 ins) Edition of 50
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Abstract Prints

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Color, Lithograph

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