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- Estimate
- $2,000,000–$3,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale , New York · 10 May 2016
- Dimensions
- 64 x 45 in. (162.5 x 114.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4039696
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sam Francis, Red No. 1. Christie's, 10 May 2016, lot 29 B. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4039696.
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Sam Francis, Red No. 1. Christie's, 10 May 2016, lot 29 B. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4039696.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale · May 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumac 17 | Alexander Calder | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Alexander Calder | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Omens of Spring | Adolph Gottlieb | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | |
| Spring | Alexander Calder | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| Slieve More | Frank Stella | $5,000,000–$7,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Jean-Michel Basquiat | — |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Francis | Deep Blue and Black | $3,861,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | |
| Sam Francis | Red and Pink | Christie's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Sam Francis | Blue Composition | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Sam Francis | White, Green Earth | Christie's, Oct 2018 | ||
| Sam Francis | Middle Blue | Christie's, May 2010 | ||
| David Hockney | Fruit in a Chinese Bowl | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Sam Francis | Saturated Blue (No. 1) | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Sam Francis | Why Then Opened II | Christie's, May 2017 |
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.