Sam Francis

Untitled (SF78-024)

signed and dated “Sam Francis 1978” on the reverse
acrylic on paper
13 3/4 x 19 in. (34.9 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1978.

This work is identified with the interim identification number of SF78-024 in consideration for the forthcoming Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Unique Works on Paper. This information is subject to change as scholarship continues by the Sam Francis Foundation.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000

Sold for $47,500

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2017

101
Alexander Calder
Map Mondo
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $75,000
102
Alexander Calder
Overlapping Spirals
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $100,000
103
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $67,500
104
Alexander Calder
Plankton
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
105
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
106
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
107
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $87,500
108
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
109
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
110
David Hockney
Ossie
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $62,500
111
Henri Matisse
Femme Accroupie
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,500
112
Franz Kline
Untitled (ZD 240)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $212,500
113
Robert Motherwell
Collaged Wall VI (for Arthur Berger)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
114
Michael Goldberg
House of Asher
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $375,000
115
Lee Bontecou
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $187,500
116
Eva Hesse
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
117
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Decided
Estimate $450,000 - 650,000
Sold for $555,000
118
Ed Ruscha
Doubles
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $212,500
119
Ed Ruscha
Pico, Hoover, Alvarado
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
120
Robert Rauschenberg
Dietrich Draw
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $140,000
121
Roy Lichtenstein
Brushstroke
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $591,000
122
Roy Lichtenstein
Ceramic Sculpture #16
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $435,000
123
John Chamberlain
Lucy Snaggletooth
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $543,000
124
Jim Dine
The Zebra (The Blue Version)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
125
Claes Oldenburg
Soft Calendar for January
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
126
Tom Wesselmann
From Brown Eyes Under Glass
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $250,000
127
George Segal
Woman on Park Bench
Estimate $250,000 - 300,000
Sold for $350,000
128
Christo
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida/Venetian Causeway to Broad Causeway)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,250
129
Christo
The Gates (Project for Central Park, New York City)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
130
Richard Estes
Flughafen (Airport)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
131
Richard Estes
Car Reflection
Estimate $220,000 - 280,000
Sold for $250,000
132
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $125,000
133
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Conjunction XVII
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $112,500
134
Mark di Suvero
Christreed
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,500
135
John Chamberlain
Scratched Echo
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $175,000
136
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF63-033)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $75,000
137
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF78-024)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
138
Sam Francis
Untitled (Self-Portrait) (SF73-667)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,500
139
Sam Francis
You the Yellow (SF64-166)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,250
140
Norman Bluhm
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $40,000
141
Helen Frankenthaler
Christmas Suite II
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
142
Karel Appel
L'Oiseau barbare (Barbaric Bird I)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
143
Manolo Valdés
Retrato de Dorothy IV
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $325,000
144
Manolo Valdés
Retrato con Verde, Ocre y Blanco
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $275,000
145
Manolo Valdés
Ivonne II
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $87,500
146
Manolo Valdés
Katia II
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $150,000
147
This lot is no longer available.
148
David Park
Mother with Polka Dot Dress
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $143,750
149
Fritz Bultman
Rosa Park - The Nurses of the Afternoon
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,500
150
Victor Vasarely
Vonal-Stri
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
151
Victor Vasarely
Keple-Gestalt
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
152
Park Seo-Bo
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $137,500
153
Toshimitsu Imai
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $87,500
154
Sadamasa Motonaga
Green Form White Light
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $225,000
155
Yayoi Kusama
Crowd of Stars
Estimate $120,000 - 150,000
Sold for $325,000
156
Michio Yoshihara
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625
157
Michio Yoshihara
Work
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
158
Michio Yoshihara
Untitled from Flowers
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
159
Yae Asano
Work
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
160
Takeo Yamaguchi
Fence Form
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $125,000
161
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow No. 1432
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $399,000
162
Shuji Mukai
Untitled (9303)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
163
Yayoi Kusama
Bear (AWS)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $162,500
164
Richard Pettibone
Self-Portrait
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $40,000
165
Richard Pettibone
Splash
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $47,500
166
Andy Warhol
Waves (After Hokusai)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
167
Andy Warhol
Crosses
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $21,250
168
Andy Warhol
$
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $112,500
169
Andy Warhol
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
170
Andy Warhol
Helena Rubinstein
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
171
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Train)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $68,750
172
Andy Warhol
Women and Flowers
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
173
Andy Warhol
Muhammad Ali
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $30,000
174
Andy Warhol
Self-Portrait
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
175
Édouard Vuillard
Monsieur et Madame Kapferer
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $77,500
176
This lot is no longer available.
177
Henry Moore
Leaf Figure No. 4
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $87,500
178
Henry Moore
Draped Seated Figure against Curved Wall
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $447,000
179
Henry Moore
Animal Head
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $106,250
180
Henry Moore
Maquette for Reclining Figure No. 2
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $162,500
181
Henry Moore
Draped Reclining Figure
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
182
Mark Tobey
Emboy
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
183
Mark Tobey
New York (Composition)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $32,500
184
Mark Tobey
Paris
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $30,000
185
Mark Tobey
White Writing
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $40,000
186
Robert Motherwell
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 50
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $325,000
187
Morris Graves
Spirit Bird
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $43,750
188
Paul Wonner
Two Figures in a Landscape
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
189
William Baziotes
The Room
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
190
Sorel Etrog
La Mère
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
191
Jean (Hans) Arp
Du pays des lutins (From Gnomeland)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $93,750
192
Henry Moore
Stringed Figure
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $312,500
193
Pablo Picasso
La famille de Piero Crommelynck
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $150,000
194
Jacob Lawrence
Escape
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $212,500
195
Marc Chagall
Vence ou Les amoureux à l'âne
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $262,500
196
Max Pechstein
Children Playing with Marbles
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
197
Gustav Klimt
Frau mit fliegenden Haaren, das linke Auge verdeckt; Akt nach rechts
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,000
198
Henry Moore
Ideas for Sculpture
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000

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Sam Francis

Untitled (SF78-024)

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session