SAM FRANCIS (San Mateo 1923 - Santa Monica 1994) Untitled Crow, 1986. Acrylic on canvas. 91,5 x 91,5 cm. Signed and dedicated on the back With Galerie Beyeler, Basel; with Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto An American abstract painter from the “Action Painting“ movement in the US. The aim of Sam Francis is to give an impression of infinity. His works goes beyond the canvases, they have no beginning and no end. He was also very preoccupied by the right balance of light as he said : “when the light inscreases, the darkness increases as well“.