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Blue d'Aix by Sam Francis, 1954, Gouache on wove paper with watermark "Fabriano", sold Sep 2024Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

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Blue d'Aix

Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1954

CHF 160,000 hammer

≈ $188,880≈ £143,996≈ €170,454

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Medium
Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “Gouache on wove paper with watermark "Fabriano"”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
51 x 37 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 281: 125 Selected Works of Art</P><P>Live Auction (281)
Date
September 13, 2024
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
133
Estimate
CHF 125,000 (≈ $147,563) (≈ £112,497) (≈ €133,167)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
  • Directly from the artist to
  • Private collection Switzerland, by inheritance to
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (2)
  • Mendrisio 1997, Museo d'Arte Mendrisio , Sam Francis, p. 69
  • Bern 2006, Museum of Art, Sam Francis and Bern, p. 72
Literature (1)
  • Catalogue raisonné: The present work is registered at the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, under the number SFF5.253 (Francis Archive SF54-074) and entered in the online catalogue raisonné of works on paper

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