Flying Love

1963

Sam Francis

Associated Names
Sam Francis

Artist, American, 1923 - 1994

Irwin Hollander

Printer, American, 1927 - 2018

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image features swirling lines and splatters in vibrant hues of deep blue, fiery red, and bright yellow. The arrangement of forms and colors resembling an energetic explosion, celestial bodies, or an abstract cosmic scene. The flowing and intermingling colors suggest movement and chaos, akin to natural patterns in fluid dynamics.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 60.6 x 47.5 cm (23 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.18.483

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lembark 1992, no. L35

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 789.

1992

  • Lembark, Connie W. The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1960-1990, vol. 1. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 88, no. L35.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Tam Imp; lower right in graphite: Sam Francis

Markings

embossed: [Tamarind Institute]; [Irwin Hollander]

Wikidata ID

Q74041951

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