Drawing For Sculpture Sf65-010 by Sam Francis

A single charcoal line arcs across raw paper, thick at the top, tapering to a whisper. This is Drawing For Sculpture Sf65-010. The line is not straight. It bows, sags, then snaps back like a taught wire. Around it, faint graphite smudges suggest erased attempts, or maybe shadows cast by an unseen form. The paper’s deckle edge is visible, its texture catching the light differently where the graphite sits. Hang it above a mid-century desk, where morning light can skim the surface and pick out every hesitation in the line.