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Mainly Blue by Sam Francis, 1959, Watercolour on wove paper, sold Sep 2024Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

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Mainly Blue

Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1959

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CHF 36,000 hammer

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Medium
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As published: “Watercolour on wove paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed by the artist in pencil on the reverse
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
28 x 19.2 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
679
Estimate
CHF 30,000 (≈ $35,106) (≈ £26,916) (≈ €31,868)
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
Literature (1)
  • Catalogue raisonné: The present work is registered at the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, under the number SF59-518 and is listed in the online catalogue raisonné of works on paper

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