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Green

Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1952

CHF 2,000,000 hammer

≈ $2,155,400≈ £1,561,884≈ €1,829,711

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Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
148 x 93,5 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 (274)
Date
September 17, 2021
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
46
Estimate
CHF 2,000,000 – — (≈ $2,155,400) (≈ £1,561,884) (≈ €1,829,711)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
  • Studio Sam Francis, 14, rue Tiphaine, Paris
  • Studio (Galerie) Paul Facchetti, 17, rue de Lille, Paris; purchased there around 1958 for
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (5)
  • Bern 1960, Kunsthalle, Sam Francis, cat. no. 16
  • Hannover 1963, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Sam Francis, cat. no. 6
  • Karlsruhe 1968, Badischer Kunstverein, Sam Francis, cat. no. 10
  • Basel 1968, Kunsthalle, Sam Francis, cat. no. 18
  • Amsterdam 1968, Stedelijk Museum, Sam Francis, cat. no. 16
Literature (3)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Debra Burchett-Lere, Sam Francis, Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946-1994, no. 148 (Francis Archive SFP53-9)
  • Guy Habasque, Confrontation internationale: La deuxième exposition Documenta organisée au Museum Fridericianum de Cassel, in: L'Œil (Paris) 57 (September 1959), pag. 22, reprod.
  • Herbert Read, Icon and Idea: The Function of Art in the Development of Human Consciousnesp. Cambridge 1965, Tf. 74, reprod.

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