Untitled

Untitled

Sam Francis

1969

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is mostly white space with bold splashes of color. You see thick, uneven strokes of red, blue, and yellow scattered around the edges, while tiny dots and specks float near the top. The colors feel messy but controlled, like someone tossed paint and let it land where it would. The artist used a printing method where ink is pressed onto stone or metal, then transferred to paper. That’s why the colors look sharp in some spots and blurred in others. Look up *lithography* to see how this technique works.

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