Photo © PIASA — view this lot on PIASA ↗Métal II (from the vegetable series), Santa Monica, 1971
Lithograph · Paper
PIASA · Sep 23, 2026€2,886 ≈ $3,293 ≈ £2,481Sign up free to see price
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Serpent on the Stone
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1960
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $2,500 – $3,500 (≈ £1,975 – £2,765) (≈ €2,340 – €3,277)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, the full sheet”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 2/20
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 2/20 in pencil
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- S. 24 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (62.9 x 90.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection (NY030117)
- Date
- April 18, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 208
- Estimate
- $2,500 – $3,500 (≈ £1,975 – £2,765) (≈ €2,340 – €3,277)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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