Photo © PIASA — view this lot on PIASA ↗Métal II (from the vegetable series), Santa Monica, 1971
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Chinese Opal
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1970
CHF 9,500 hammer
≈ $10,530≈ £8,327≈ €9,733
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Colour lithograph”
- Edition
- 5/15
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed by the artist in pencil lower left
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- 89.3 x 64 cm, sheet size
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
- Date
- June 15, 2023
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 624
- Estimate
- CHF 5,000 – — (≈ $5,542) (≈ £4,382) (≈ €5,122)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Literature (1)
- Catalogue raisonné: Lembark/Page L 111
As published by Kornfeld.
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