FRANZ KLINE (1910-1962)
12.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1425829
Lot 24 | FRANZ KLINE (1910-1962)
Estimate value
$ 7 000 000 – 10 000 000
Untitled
oil on canvas
65 5/8 x 82 3/8 in. (166.7 x 209.2 cm.)
Painted in 1955.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Marilyn and Bernard Brodsky, New York, 1962
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis
Ron Pizzuti, Columbus, 1986
PaceWildenstein, New York, 2002
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
Literature
A. Zevi, Kline, Milan, 1987, p. 22, no. 18 (illustrated).
Franz Kline 1910-1962, exh. cat., Castello di Rivoli Museo d’arte Contemporanea, 2004, p. 351 (illustrated).
Hauser & Wirth Institute, Franz Kline Paintings, 1950-1962, Digital Catalogue Raisonné, digital, 2023-ongoing, no. 94 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Seattle World’s Fair, Century 21 Exposition; Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art and Waltham, Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum, Art Since 1950: American and International, April-December 1962, p. 32, no. 34.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna; Brussels, Palais de Beaux-Arts; London, Whitechapel Gallery; Kunsthalle Basel and Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, The International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.: Franz Kline, A Retrospective Exhibition, September 1963-April 1964, p. 17, no. 28.
Artist: | Franz Kline (1910 - 1962) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Franz Kline (1910 - 1962) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
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