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02468aam a2200409 i 4500 001 052AE4505F0811ECA70E6FDD2BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211217010126 008 201214s2021 cauaf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2020055746 020 $a 0520310713 020 $a 9780520310711 035 $a (OCoLC)1228189917 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d ERASA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a ND237.F67 $b S435 2021 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Selz, Gabrielle, $e author. 245 10 $a Light on fire : $b the art and life of Sam Francis / $c Gabrielle Selz. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2021] 300 $a ix, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Part I (1923-1950) : color is light on fire -- Part II (1950-1955) : Paris was the psychic mother of me -- Part III (1956-1962) : go as far as you can as fast as you can -- Part IV (1962-1985) : I am your change-bearer, I am your instrument of expansion -- Part V (1986-1994) : I am steering by the torch of chaos and doubt -- Epilogue. 520 $a "A groundbreaking biography of Sam Francis, one of the celebrated artists of the twentieth century, and the American painter who brought the vocabulary of abstract expressionism to Paris. Drawing on exclusive interviews and private correspondence, Gabrielle Selz traces the complex life of this magnetic, globe-trotting artist who first learned to paint as a former air-corps pilot encased in a full-body cast for three years. Selz writes an intimate portrait of a mesmerizing character, a man who sought to resolve in art the contradictions he couldn't resolve in life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Francis, Sam, $d 1923-1994. 600 17 $a Francis, Sam, $d 1923-1994. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00008393 650 0 $a Painters $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Painting, American $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Painters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01050530 650 7 $a Painting, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01050648 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023455.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=052AE4505F0811ECA70E6FDD2BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search