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- Estimate
- £300,000–£500,000 hammer ≈ $411,121–$685,201
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London · 26 June 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-261648
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-261648 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-261648
Sam Francis, Facing Within. Phillips, 26 Jun 2016, lot 21. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-261648.
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Sam Francis, Facing Within. Phillips, 26 Jun 2016, lot 21. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-261648.
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From the same sale 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Jun 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sopra | Mimmo Rotella | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Femme, Oiseau, Etoile | Joan Miró | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Manliche Figur nach rechts (Selbstporträt) Male Figure Facing Right (… | Egon Schiele | £280,000–£350,000 | |
| Nuancements au sol (Texturologie XLIII) | Jean Dubuffet | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| Untitled (Triangle) | Fred Sandback | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Untitled | Dan Flavin | £100,000–£150,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Francis | Untitled | $541,800 | Christie's, Nov 2022 | |
| Sam Francis | Purple, Orange & Green | Phillips, Nov 2023 | ||
| Sam Francis | Red on black | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled, 1992 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2025 | ||
| Sam Francis | White No. 1 | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Sam Francis | Ebis Link | Christie's, May 2021 | ||
| Sam Francis | Pleasure Perhaps I | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Sam Francis | E VIII | Phillips, Sep 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.