An abstract color print of black brushstrokes and splatters with splotches of yellow and blue.

For Miró I

Sam Francis (1923-1994)

Date

1963
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph
Contributors

Printed by Aris Koutroulis
Dimensions

22 1/4 x 30 1/16 in.
Edition

(1 Bon à Tirer, 1 PP II, 3 AP, 9 Tamarind Impressions, 20 artist's edition (numbered))
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in graphite: Tam Imp Sam Francis
Verso:
l.c. in graphite: 865
Collection Name

Tamarind Lithography Workshop Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson
Accession Number

1966.135
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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