Untitled

Untitled

Sam Francis

1982

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is a wild mix of colors and shapes. Big blobs of red, yellow, and blue splash across a white background. Some areas look thick and messy, while others are thin and streaky. There’s no clear picture—just swirls, dots, and patches of color that don’t quite form anything you’d recognize. The artist used a method where ink is pressed onto a stone or metal plate, then transferred to paper. That’s why the colors look both bold and slightly fuzzy in places. Check out how the artist used lithography to create this effect.

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