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Lithograph · Paper
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Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994) · 1958
CHF 200,000 hammer
≈ $250,740≈ £185,157≈ €213,978
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “Watercolour on Arches wove paper with watermark”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated by the artist in pencil
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 56.2 x 76.5 cm
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 285: Works on Paper from the - E.W.K. Collection - Live Auction (285)
- Date
- September 12, 2025
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 100
- Estimate
- CHF 250,000 – — (≈ $313,425) (≈ £231,447) (≈ €267,473)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
- Directly acquired from the artist by
- Collection Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the back, Lugt 913b
- Exhibition
- Basel 1968, Kunsthalle, Sam Francis, cat. no. 106
Literature (1)
- Catalogue raisonné: The present work is registered in the Sam Francis Foundation, Glendale, under the archive number SF58-028 and entered in the online catalogue raisonné of works on paper
As published by Kornfeld.
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