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Lot 32
  • 32

Franz Kline

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Franz Kline
  • 47 Series No. 4
  • signed; signed and dated 47 on the reverse
  • oil and ink on paper
  • 21 1/2 by 28 in. 54.6 by 71.1 cm.

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Chicago
Private Collection, Palm Beach
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, October 1997 - January 1998, cat. no. 15, illustrated in color
Rivoli- Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Franz Kline 1910-1962, October 2004 - January 2005, p. 175, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear at corners and edges with some scattered flattened creases near the edges. The exposed sheet has yellowed slightly with age. There is evidence of fine craquelure to the white pigment near the upper left corner. Framed under Plexiglas.
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