Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Untiled (SFM81-106), 1981
Print (other) · Paper
Bonhams · Sep 17, 2026$11,520 ≈ £8,612 ≈ €10,034Sign up free to see price
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Study for Moby Dick
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1958
CHF 730,000 hammer
≈ $748,907≈ £586,504≈ €670,643
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “Hammer price”
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 61:92,5 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 268: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Part 1 (268)
- Date
- June 16, 2017
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 39
- Estimate
- CHF 400,000 – — (≈ $410,360) (≈ £321,372) (≈ €367,476)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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