Four stone untitled
1959-1968
- Medium
- colour lithograph
- Measurements
- 72.7 × 55.9 cm
- Edition
- printer's proof 1/1; edition of 25
- Accession Number
- P134-1984
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Henry and Dinah Krongold, Founder Benefactors, 1984
© Sam Francis/ARS, New York. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International - About this work
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Sam Francis was intrigued by the controlled fluidity and disciplined spontaneity of oriental calligraphy. He made the first of many visits to Japan in 1957, and his subsequent paintings remained closely attuned to the Japanese aesthetic and to a tradition that focuses on the meditative qualities of art and its production.
- Subjects (general)
- Abstract Art Nonrepresentational Art
- Subjects (specific)
- blue (colour) brush strokes paint layers rectangles splatter yellow (colour)
- Movements
- Abstract Expressionism