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The David M. Solinger Collection

Franz Kline

Study for Chief

Auction Closed

November 15, 10:48 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The David M. Solinger Collection

Franz Kline

1910 - 1962


Study for Chief

oil on newsprint

8¾ by 10¾ in.

22.2 by 27.3 cm.

Executed circa 1950.

Acquired as a gift from the artist in 1952 by the present owner 
Exh. Cat., Washington D.C., The Philips Collection, Franz Kline: The Color Abstractions, 1979, p. 17 (text)
Ithaca, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, The David M. Solinger Collection: Masterworks of Twentieth Century Art, 2002-03, p. 95, illustrated in color
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