Senza Titolo I, 1987 Plate Nestled in Switzerland’s alpine Engadin

Nestled in Switzerland’s alpine Engadin Valley

accent piece

The idea was to offer a new take on the ultra-classical look

emerald green gems and loads of sparkle

naturally inspired

Senza Titolo I, 1987 Plate Nestled in Switzerland’s alpine EngadinThe bright joyful lithographs of Sam Francis vibrate with light and color, the energetic drippings of his canvases perfectly rendered in painterly form. The abstract shapes that dominate these works seem to pulsate with a life of their own, filled with a sense of movement and motion. The earlier lithographs from the 1960s in particular reveal Francis' preoccupation with Zen Buddhist notions of the void, where flowing planes of color frame the empty