Untitled

Details

Mark Francis (B. 1964)
Untitled
signed and dated 'M. Francis 96' (lower right)
monotype in colours and oil based ink on paper
sheet: 31 1/8 x 31 ¼in. (79 x 77cm).
image: 23 x 23in. (58.3 x 58.3cm.)
Executed in 1996

Provenance

Interim Art, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996.

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Lot Essay

The soft focus of the dots and snaking lines in Mark Francis’ Untitled belie the painter’s interest in what the unaided human eye has difficulty seeing. This is related to the enhanced vision made possible through technological developments, such as the piercing gaze of the electron microscope. It is from this microbial world, hidden from casual view, but teeming all around us, that artist-botanist Francis derives his imagery.

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