Lot 309 · Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel
Emerald Child
Sam Francis · acrylic on canvas
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- Estimate
- $180,000–$250,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel, New York · 3 December 2020
- Dimensions
- 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3583583
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sam Francis, Emerald Child. Christie's, 3 Dec 2020, lot 309. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3583583.
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Sam Francis, Emerald Child. Christie's, 3 Dec 2020, lot 309. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3583583.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Featuring The Collection of Morton and Barbara Mandel · Dec 2020
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|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Joan Mitchell | $120,000–$180,000 | |
| Red Painting, 1950 | Ad Reinhardt | $700,000–$1,000,000 | |
| Getty Tomb | Frank Stella | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Five Forms with Three Circles | Barbara Hepworth | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Bastille Day | Adolph Gottlieb | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Portrait in Tar I | Titus Kaphar | $250,000–$350,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Francis | Soul of a Bee | $264,000 | Sotheby's, Sep 2024 | |
| Sam Francis | Comet (SF85-178) | Phillips, May 2026 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Sam Francis | untitled | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled, 1974 | Bonhams, Nov 2016 | ||
| Sam Francis | Passage | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled (Cool Violet) | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Sam Francis | SF58-244 (Untitled) | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 |
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.