Every lithograph, etching, screenprint by Abstract Expressionist master. 383 colorplates, 141 duotones, 2 volumes, slipcased.
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In a varied body of lithographs, etchings and screenprints, American painter Sam Francis (b. 1923) creates a universe out of splashes, dots, spatters and broad swaths of color. Snakes, horseshoes, sexual imagery, floral bouquets and streams emerge out of the void. Geometric shapes--triangles, concentric circles, pinwheels, wedges--sputter, fizz and decompose. Using highly individual techniques developed at his own lithography press to convey his themes, Francis draws on his extended stays in Japan, on his immersion in the works of Jung and on Jackson Pollock's drip paintings. Among the 383 color plates and 141 duotones are complex mandalas that quietly entice the viewer, and "anima prints," linear works defining the inner self as a composite of Jungian archetypes. Many of the images may seem facile, but the overall effect is both dynamic and suggestive. Lembark is a Los Angeles art consultant, Fine a curator at the National Gallery of Art.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonne 1960-1990 (Hardcover)
If you own or are contemplating owning graphic work by Sam Francis, you must buy this book. The reproductions are beautiful, the descriptions accurate and detailed. Very few monographs accomplish the elegance of layout and thoroughness of these volumes. Thank you Ms Lembark and Ms Fine for a job expertly done. I can only hope you are working on a volume covering the last four years of his work.
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This review is from: The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonne 1960-1990 (Hardcover)
This is THE one book (and the only book) to own if you are a collector or devotee of Mr. Francis' art. Whenever the subject turns to this artist's work this is the book referenced by collectors, museums and top auction houses alike.Stupendous! Enough said!
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