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Fine art This artwork is titled
"Hurrah for the Red, White, and Blue", a color lithograph created by the American Abstract Expressionist artist Sam Francis in 1961.
Artwork Details
Artist: Sam Francis (1923–1994), a prominent figure in post-war American painting associated with Abstract Expressionism and Post-Painterly Abstraction.
Medium: Original color lithograph on Rives BFK paper.
Dimensions: Approximately
inches (
cm).
Edition: Originally produced in an edition of 400, typically signed "Sam Francis" in the lower right and annotated in the lower left.
Variants: There are known variants of this work, including Variant I and Variant II, which feature different arrangements of paint splashes and drips.
Artistic Style
The piece is characteristic of Francis's "optimistic gestural style," featuring saturated primary colors—vivid blues, reds, and golds—against luminous expanses of white. His work often emphasizes "luminous voids" and utilizes drips and splashes of paint, influenced by artists like Jackson Pollock and Clyfford Still |
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