An abstract color print of blue ink blots, streaks, and splatters primarily in the top half of the sheet.

Mercury

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Date

1963
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph
Contributors

Printed by Irwin Hollander
Dimensions

23 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in graphite: Color Separation #2
l.r. signed in graphite: Sam Francis
Verso:
l.c. in graphite: 782
l.r. stamp: TAMARIND STUDY COLLECTION \ ARTIST Sam Francis \ TAMARIND #782 \ DATE 1963 \ IMPRESSION Color Separation run # \ PAPER Rives BFK
Collection Name

Tamarind Lithography Workshop Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Accession Number

1973.32.A
Copyright

© Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Sam Francis: Prints

August 3, 2016–February 5, 2017

This exhibition features more than a dozen prints by Sam Francis, who combines loose strokes and splatters in order to create vibrant lithographs evocative of traditional symbols and biological specimens that pop with color and pulse with energy.

Location: Off view

Part of: Tamarind Lithography Workshop Collection

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