Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Franz Kline

Rocker

Auction Closed

May 13, 09:05 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Franz Kline

1910 - 1962

Rocker


signed with the artist's monogram and dated 48 on the reverse

oil on Masonite

36 by 20 ½ in. 91.4 by 52.1 cm.

framed: 42 by 27 ¼ in. 106.7 by 69.2 cm.

Collection of William H. Lane, Boston (acquired directly from the artist circa 1953)
Collection of Saundra Lane, Boston (by descent from the above in 1995)
Babcock Galleries, New York
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Frank (acquired from the above in 1999)
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2012
Exh. Cat., Cincinnati Art Museum (and traveling), The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect, 1985, pp. 81-83, illustrated in color 
New York, Driscoll Babcock Galleries, This Is How We Do It, September - October 2012