SAM FRANCIS "BRIGHT JADE GHOST" LITHOGRAPH, 1963 Harold Town 1973 creating a mixture of abstraction

creating a mixture of abstraction and still life

yet here balances a gentler mix of earth tones and muted pastels

and texture of the medium is instantly recognizable throughout his oeuvre

by her late twenties she was drawn to post-war Europe

and numbered bottom right

SAM FRANCIS "BRIGHT JADE GHOST" LITHOGRAPH, 1963 Harold Town 1973 creating a mixture of abstractionSam Francis (1923 1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th century abstract artists. After serving in the Air Force in WW II, Francis returned to California immersing himself in art making. By the end of the 1940s, he was devoted to painting which led him to learn, exhibit, and travel internationally. His formative years were spent in Paris having moved there at the end of 1950. In 1953 one of his canvases was included in the MoMA's