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 White Line
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1960
CHF 35,000 hammer
≈ $35,907≈ £28,120≈ €32,154
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “Hammer price”
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 85,2:63,2 cm, Darstellung - 90:63,2 cm, Blattgrös
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 268: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Part 1 (268)
- Date
- June 16, 2017
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 44
- Estimate
- CHF 40,000 – — (≈ $41,036) (≈ £32,137) (≈ €36,748)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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