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Lithograph · ed. 1/6
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Composition in Blue
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1960
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “Gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in ink on the reverse by the artist
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 48 x 31,5 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 274: Live Auction - Part 1 (274)
- Date
- September 16, 2021
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 597
- Estimate
- CHF 17,500 (≈ $18,911) (≈ £13,669) (≈ €16,076)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
- Derupaz Collection, Paris; auction Christie's, Amsterdam, 29.1.2005, cat. no. 336
- Auction Christie's, London, 7.2.2008, cat. no. 184
- Private collection Europe
Literature (1)
- Catalogue raisonné: The present work is registered at the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, under the number SF 60-1361 and is listed in the Online Catalogue Raisonné Project
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