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20th Century, Modern & Contemporary Fine Art

Sat, Jun 2, 2018 11:00AM EDT
Lot 19

FRANZ KLINE (1910-1962): SELF PORTRAIT

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
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Oil on canvas mounted on board, c. 1945, signed 'Kline' lower right. 10 x 8 in., 15 x 13 in. (frame). Provenance: The artist; Dr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Edlich Jr., NY; Sold Christie's, New York, May 16, 1980, Lot 39; Estate of Janet P. Redman; Sold Sotheby's, New York, August 5, 1989, Lot 6. Exhibited: Washington Gallery of Modern Arts, Washington, D.C.; Brandeis University, Poses Institute of Fine Arts, Waltham,MA; Baltimore Museum of Fine Art, Franz Kline Memorial Exhibition, 1962, Waltham, MA; Rivoli-Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Franz Kline: 1910-1962, October 20, 2004-January 30, 2005; Allan Stone Projects, Tête-à-Tête: Portraits in Dialogue, February 25-April 23, 2016; Royal Academy of Arts, London, Abstract Expressionism, September 24, 2016 - January 2, 2017. Literature: Franz Kline Memorial Exhibition, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC, 1962, cat. no. 18; Ashton, Dore, et al, Franz Kline 1910-1962, Turin: Castello di Rivoli di Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Skira, 2004, illus. p. 167; Anfam, David, ed, Abstract Expressionism, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016, illus. p. 160, cat. no. 28.