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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The Upper Red
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1963
€1,700 hammer
≈ $1,939≈ £1,463
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “color lithograph”
- Category
- Lithographs
- Auction house
- Venator & Hanstein
- Sale
- Auktion 188 (188)
- Date
- September 26, 2026
- Location
- Cologne, Germany
- Lot
- 1173
- Estimate
- €2,500 – — (≈ $2,851) (≈ £2,151)
- Source
- Auction house venator-hanstein.de ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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