Photo © PIASA — view this lot on PIASA ↗Métal II (from the vegetable series), Santa Monica, 1971
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PIASA · Sep 23, 2026€2,886 ≈ $3,293 ≈ £2,481Sign up free to see price
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Third Stone
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1966
CHF 1,500 hammer
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Lithograph”
- Edition
- 17/30
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed on the lower right by the artist
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- 56 x 76 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
- Date
- June 2, 2023
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 947
- Estimate
- CHF 2,000 – — (≈ $2,206) (≈ £1,761) (≈ €2,050)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Literature (1)
- Catalogue raisonné: Lembark/Page L 86
As published by Kornfeld.
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