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Sam Francis
I Am an Arbor for her Thoughts1973

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Horizontal abstract painting with arcing gestural brushstrokes, splatters, and color blobs in navy, crimson, teal, yellow, and purple against a white ground

Sam Francis, I Am an Arbor for her Thoughts, 1973, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Marcella Scott Krisel, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sam Francis
California, active France, Japan, United States, 1923-1994
Title
I Am an Arbor for her Thoughts
Date Made
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame (Framed): 73 1/4 × 97 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. Canvas (Canvas): 71 3/8 × 96 1/8 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Marcella Scott Krisel
Accession Number
M.2010.149
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Speer, Richard. "Sam Francis and Japan: Mutual Influence." Arts of Asia Autumn (2023): 121-129.
Copyright
© Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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