Photo © Venator & Hanstein — view this lot on Venator & Hanstein ↗The Upper Red, 1963
Lithograph
Venator & Hanstein · Sep 26, 2026€1,700 ≈ $1,939 ≈ £1,463Sign up free to see price
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Blue Balls
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994)
CHF 46,000 hammer
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- Other · Other all other results →
- Category
- Other
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 271: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Part 1 (271)
- Date
- June 14, 2019
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 51
- Estimate
- CHF 50,000 – — (≈ $50,240) (≈ £39,734) (≈ €44,598)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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