Top-100 artists:
We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
See the measure of artist investment performance relative to risk. A higher ratio suggests better risk-adjusted returns, indicating more consistent performance with less risk.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 8, 2012 | Christie's | New York | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 57 | $****** - ****** | Broken Black | |||
Nov 13, 2007 | Christie's | New York | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 41 | $****** - ****** | Broken Black |
paintings
170.8 x 88.3 cm (67.24 x 34.76 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1954' (on the reverse)
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Mrs. Walter Ross, New York. Mrs. Charles G. Stachelberg, New York. Museum of Modern Art, New York. M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
Private collection, New York .
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 13 November 2007, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Washington, D.C., Phillips Gallery, Paintings by Sam Francis, October-November 1958. New York, Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions, September-November 1968. St. Petersburg, Museum of Fine Arts; Orlando, Loch Haven Art Center and Tallahassee, Le Moyne Art Foundation, Flowing Form: An Exhibition, January-May 1973. Basel, Galerie Beyeler; Madrid, Fundación Juan March; Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró and Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Art, America-America, October 1976-September 1977, no. 14; no. 9 (Barcelona). New York, Robert Elkon Gallery, Francis: The Fifties, October-November 1979, no. 6 (illustrated). Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, Sam Francis-The Fifties, March-April 1980, p. 15, no. 9 (illustrated). Los Angeles, Asher/Faure, Robert Elkon Presents Sam Francis: the Fifties in Los Angeles at Asher/Faure, May 1980.
P. Selz, Sam Francis, New York, 1982, p. 163, no. 85 (illustrated). D. Burchett-Lere, Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2011, no. SFF.159 (illustrated in color).
