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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 12, 2013 | Pierre Berge & Associes | Paris | ART MODERNE ET CONTEMPORAIN | 1 | $****** - ****** | SF 90-242 |
Works on Paper
38 x 27.5 cm (14.96 x 10.83 in)
Acrylic on paper
Signature stamp and titled on the back
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
SF 90-242, ca 1990 Acrylic on paper. Signature stamp and titled on the back. H: 38 cm W: 27.5 cm Sam Francis (1923-1994) Depth is all This new way of painting will also change his vision of the canvas. Through his plane accident, he was already seeking to transmit this impression of infinity that he had glimpsed in the desert, in this space without beginning or end. For him, the white canvas merges with the sky visited previously and it is therefore quite natural that he will decide to paint only the background, the place of infinity in painting. From this follows the rest of his approach: if infinity comes from the bottom, then there is no need to paint figures since he is only interested in “the space which extends between things”. However, this is contrary to pictorial tradition: the background should only serve as a theatrical space for the figures, the figure/background relationship embodies the story it tells. By removing the figures, Sam Francis removes the finite to retain only the infinite, his works are then only pieces of infinity which continues well beyond the canvas. It thus goes beyond the notion of framework. For Sam Francis, it is then a question of taking the side of infinity, that figures and background occupy the entirety of the pictorial space. However, that is impossible. But not if we consider that the figures can be diluted, blending very gently with the background. Similar to stains, any element allowing an interpretation having been eliminated, only depth remains: “Depth is all”
