Sam Francis Studio

A studio located at 14 Rue Tiphaine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, established by Sam Francis in 1952 as his first professional atelier.

The space featured a high-ceilinged room with large windows and an industrial character, opening onto a courtyard with small shops. It enabled Francis to work on large-scale canvases and marked a shift in his practice toward brighter colors and more fluid compositions, partly inspired by Claude Monet. Key works, including Red No. 1(1953), were produced in this studio. Francis worked there with his wife at the time, the poet Muriel Goodwin, and the studio became central to his artistic development in Paris.

The studio was later succeeded by a larger space in Arcueil (1956-1960), southern suburb of Paris on rue de Domrémy.