Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Untitled, 1979
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Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1954
CHF 70,000 hammer
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “Watercolour on watercolour paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 282: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries</P><P>Live Auction (282)
- Date
- September 12, 2024
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 677
- Estimate
- CHF 40,000 – — (≈ $46,808) (≈ £35,887) (≈ €42,491)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (1)
- The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 913b
Exhibitions (6)
- Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [Slg. Eberhard W. Kornfeld], cat. no. 241
- Bern 1991, Kornfeld Gallery, Sam Francis, cat. no. 12
- Mendrisio 1997, Museo d'arte, Sam Francis, ill. 95
- Winterthur 2006, Kunstmuseum, Plane - Figure, cat. no. 59
- Vienna 2008/2009, Albertina, Wege der Moderne, From the Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, cat. no. 181
- Bern 2009/2010, Paul Klees Grafik, Die Passion des Eberhard W. Kornfeld (no cat.)
Literature (1)
- Catalogue raisonné: The present work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, under the number SF54-076 and is listed in the Online Catalogue Raisonné of works on paper under the number SFF5.255
As published by Kornfeld.
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