Price databaseBrowseWhat’s it worth?Sell your artworkAppraisals
Watchlist
Abacus (grey) by Mark Francis, 1997, oil on canvas, offered Apr 2021Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗

Thumbnail shown for reference only. Phillips holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗

Auction result

Abacus (grey)

Mark Francis (British, b. 1962) · 1997

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate £10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $13,810 – $20,715) (≈ €11,522 – €17,283)

Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Signed / inscribed
Signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'M. Francis 1997 To KERLIN GALLERY DUBLIN ABACUS' on the reverse
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
213.7 x 182.7 cm (84 1/8 x 71 7/8 in.)
Auction house
Phillips
Sale
Out of the Blue: The Enea Righi Collection (UK010621)
Date
April 16, 2021
Location
London, United Kingdom
Lot
121
Estimate
£10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $13,810 – $20,715) (≈ €11,522 – €17,283)
Source
Auction house phillips.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 27, 2026

View this lot on Phillips ↗

Own a work by Mark Francis? Get a free auction estimate →

Own this work? Add it to My Collection → Private to you, with alerts when comparable works sell.

Similar size by this artist

Works by Mark Francis with a longest side of about 214 cm (84 in) (±20 %).

All Mark Francis results of this size →

More results for Mark Francis

All results for Mark Francis →

Also in this sale

Out of the Blue: The Enea Righi Collection · Phillips · Apr 16, 2021

All Phillips results →

Similar works

Oil results by other artists.

Artists related to Mark Francis

All Mark Francis results · More from Phillips · Art value guides