Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Untitled, 1979
Acrylic · Paper
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The Upper Red
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1955–1960
CHF 280,000 hammer
≈ $280,504≈ £211,223≈ €241,897
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Ölfarben auf Leinwand”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Rückseitig vom Künstler in Feder in Tusche voll signiert und datiert «Sam / Francis / 1956–1960» Werkverzeichnis: Sam Francis Foundation, Catalogue raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, SFF
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 41 : 33 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 269: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Part 1 (269)
- Date
- June 15, 2018
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 52
- Estimate
- CHF 125,000 – — (≈ $125,225) (≈ £94,296) (≈ €107,990)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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