{"title":"Francis","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"3279\" data-end=\"3308\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e SAM FRANCIS (1923-1994) \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3309\" data-end=\"3423\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"3309\" data-end=\"3347\"\u003eTHE PAINTER OF LIGHT IN SHARDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"3347\" data-end=\"3350\"\u003e “Color is like music. It creates invisible harmonies.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3425\" data-end=\"3456\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"3425\" data-end=\"3454\"\u003e○ WHY IS HE FASCINATING?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-start=\"3457\" data-end=\"3912\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"3457\" data-end=\"3565\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3459\" data-end=\"3565\"\u003e Huge, fluid, stained canvases, splashed with intense colors where the paint seems to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"3566\" data-end=\"3796\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"3568\" data-end=\"3796\"\u003eSam Francis is this absolute abstraction that explores light, color, and emptiness. He leaves large white spaces that become silences, intervals, and breathing spaces. The void is as active as color. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"3797\" data-end=\"3912\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3799\" data-end=\"3912\"\u003e His painting is ethereal, intuitive, and flamboyant. Colorful spots float, explode, and vibrate in space. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3914\" data-end=\"3945\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"3914\" data-end=\"3943\"\u003e○ A VERY CURRENT WORK\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-start=\"3946\" data-end=\"4226\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"3946\" data-end=\"4041\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"3948\" data-end=\"4041\"\u003e Sam Francis is the artist of visual well-being. His works soothe, energize, and uplift. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"4042\" data-end=\"4106\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4044\" data-end=\"4106\"\u003e An ultra-contemporary meditative art. A Zen master of gesture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"4107\" data-end=\"4226\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4109\" data-end=\"4226\"\u003e A cosmic, luminous work, ever-expanding like a painting of the inner sky. A colorful breath. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4228\" data-end=\"4266\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"4228\" data-end=\"4264\"\u003e○ WHY IS IT PRESENTED HERE?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-start=\"4267\" data-end=\"4622\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"4267\" data-end=\"4357\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4269\" data-end=\"4357\"\u003e Because Sam Francis is a reference in gestural and colorist painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"4358\" data-end=\"4515\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"4360\" data-end=\"4515\"\u003eBecause his work is a synthesis between the gestures of American abstract expressionism — Pollock, Rothko… —, the meditative light and the Zen void. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-start=\"4516\" data-end=\"4622\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"4518\" data-end=\"4622\"\u003e Because he is a major figure in American abstraction, and his work is exhibited all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sam-francis-sans-titre-sf-318-lithographie-1964","title":"FRANCIS Sam (1923-1994) – Lithographie SF-318, 1964 – Signée \u0026 numérotée – Artkob Galerie","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"454\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eSam Francis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (1923–1994)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"484\"\u003eSans titre (SF 318), 1964\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eLithographie réalisée en 1964, signée au crayon et numérotée 19\/40.\u003cbr data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"564\"\u003eÉpreuve sur papier, feuille : 63 × 90 cm, présentée dans un encadrement de 81 × 107 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"739\"\u003eProvenance : Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, puis collection privée suisse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"1130\"\u003eCette lithographie témoigne du travail graphique de Sam Francis au milieu des années 1960, période marquée par une exploration intense du geste, de l’espace et de la composition sur papier. Œuvre issue d’un tirage limité, elle s’inscrit pleinement dans le corpus des estampes de l’artiste, aujourd’hui très recherchées sur le marché de l’art moderne et de l’art abstrait du XXe siècle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARTKOB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53451438260570,"sku":null,"price":3700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/2485\/2826\/files\/IMG_7474.heic?v=1770113189"},{"product_id":"sam-francis","title":"FRANCIS Sam — Lithographie sur vélin BFK Rives, 1979 — Signée \u0026 numérotée — Artkob Galerie","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"432\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSam Francis (1923–1994)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"512\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSans titre (SF-310), 1979\u003cbr data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"462\"\u003eLithographie sur vélin BFK Rives, à pleine page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"552\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSignée et numérotée au crayon 21\/30.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"590\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDimensions : 75 × 105 cm (feuille)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"629\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eÉdition de 30 exemplaires numérotés\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"683\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"653\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"653\"\u003e1 BAT (Bon à tirer)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"683\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"683\"\u003e2 AP (Épreuves d’artiste)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"785\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eÉditeur : The Litho Shop, Santa Monica\u003cbr data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"726\"\u003eImprimeur : George Page pour The Litho Shop, Santa Monica\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"915\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eFigure majeure de l’expressionnisme abstrait américain, Sam Francis développe une œuvre où la couleur devient énergie pure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"1177\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDans cette lithographie de 1979, la composition explose en projections chromatiques intenses. Les éclats de bleu, d’orange et de jaune s’organisent autour d’un centre dense, presque cosmique, créant une tension vibratoire caractéristique de son langage visuel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1362\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eFrancis maîtrise l’espace blanc autant que la saturation pigmentaire. Ici, la grille sous-jacente dialogue avec les éclaboussures et les superpositions, entre contrôle et spontanéité.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1514\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eUne œuvre emblématique de la maturité de l’artiste, issue d’un tirage limité, idéale pour tout collectionneur d’abstraction américaine d’après-guerre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARTKOB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53627451212122,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/2485\/2826\/files\/IMG_7923.heic?v=1771413190"},{"product_id":"francis-sam","title":"FRANCIS Sam — Lithographie sur vélin BFK Rives, 1979 — Signée \u0026 numérotée 21\/24 — Artkob Galerie","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"467\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSam Francis (1923–1994)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"469\" data-end=\"547\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSans titre (SF-255), 1979\u003cbr data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"497\"\u003eLithographie sur vélin BFK Rives, à pleine page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"587\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSignée et numérotée au crayon 21\/24.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"629\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDimensions : 75,5 × 106,2 cm (feuille)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"731\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eÉditeur : The Litho Shop, Santa Monica\u003cbr data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"672\"\u003eImprimeur : George Page pour The Litho Shop, Santa Monica\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"945\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSam Francis est l’une des figures majeures de l’abstraction américaine d’après-guerre. Sa peinture — et ses œuvres imprimées — captent une idée simple et radicale : la couleur comme énergie, comme événement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1271\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDans cette lithographie de 1979, une structure en “grille” affleure sous les projections. Le cœur sombre aimante le regard, pendant que les éclats d’orange, de rose et de bleu créent une vibration presque électrique. Entre contrôle et jaillissement, l’image oscille — et c’est exactement là que Francis est le plus puissant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1404\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eLe choix du vélin BFK Rives, papier de référence pour l’estampe, renforce la densité des couches et la précision des éclaboussures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1532\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eUne pièce intense, très décorative et muséale, issue d’un tirage rare, idéale pour un collectionneur d’abstraction américaine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARTKOB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53627486896474,"sku":null,"price":4200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0968\/2485\/2826\/files\/IMG_7926.heic?v=1771413371"}],"url":"https:\/\/artkob.com\/en\/collections\/francis.oembed","provider":"ARTKOB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}