{"product_id":"sam-francis-debra-burchett-lere-9781606065839","title":"Sam Francis: The Artist's Materials","description":"American artist Sam Francis (1923-1994) brought vivid color and emotional intensity to Abstract Expressionism. He was described as the \"most sensuous and sensitive painter of his generation\" by former Guggenheim Museum director James Johnson Sweeney, and curator Howard Fox called him \"one of the acknowledged masters of late-modern art.\" Francis's works, whether intimate or monumental in scale, make indelible impressions; the intention of the artist was to make them felt as much as seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the age of twenty, Francis was hospitalized for spinal tuberculosis and spent three years virtually immobilized in a body cast. For physical therapy he was given a set of watercolors, and, as he described it, he painted his way back to life. The exuberant color and expression in his paintings celebrated his survival; his five-decade career was an energetic visual and theoretical exploration that took him around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Francis's idiosyncratic painting practices have long been the subject of speculation and debate among conservators and art historians. Presented here for the first time in this volume are the results of an in-depth scientific study of more than forty paintings from the late 1940s to early 1990s, which reveal new discoveries about his creative process, inventive techniques, and specially formulated paints and binders. The data provides a key to the complicated evolution of the artist's work and informs original art historical interpretations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debra Burchett-Lere, Aneta Zebala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606065831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606065839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Getty Conservation Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.60w x 0.50d","brand":"Debra Burchett-Lere","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984552722687,"sku":"9781606065839","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43104e87-8c06-4fc0-85a3-b25932ed7b3c.jpg?v=1683272941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sam-francis-debra-burchett-lere-9781606065839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}