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- Estimate
- $18,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Expansive Color: American Post Painterly Abstraction, New York · 1 October 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4959489
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Sam Francis, Sengai (Untitled). Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2021, lot 302. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4959489.
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Sam Francis, Sengai (Untitled). Sotheby's, 1 Oct 2021, lot 302. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4959489.
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From the same sale Expansive Color: American Post Painterly Abstraction · Oct 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Helen Frankenthaler | $250,000–$350,000 | |
| Untitled | Richard Diebenkorn | $250,000–$350,000 | |
| Elong | Kenneth Noland | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| Eye of the Storm | Helen Frankenthaler | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | |
| Untitled | — | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Hex | Friedel Dzubas | $50,000–$70,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Francis | Untitled | $18,900 | Phillips, Oct 2022 | |
| Sam Francis | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| Sam Francis | Petallic | Bonhams, Apr 2025 | ||
| Sam Francis | Drawing for Sculpture (SF66-091) | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2023 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled (SF60-020) , 1960 | Freeman's | Hindman, May 2021 | ||
| Sam Francis | Untitled (SF78-127) | Rago, Nov 2021 | ||
| Sam Francis | Almir da Silva Mavignier: Untitled | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023 | ||
| Sam Francis | Sam Francis 山姆 · 弗朗西斯 | Untitled (Two Works) 無題（兩幅作品） | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 |
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.