- 105
Franz Kline
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Franz Kline
- Black and White Collage (Study for 'Accent Aigu')
- signed and dated 1957 on a label affixed to the reverse
- oil, ink, cardboard and paper collage on paper
- 9 3/4 by 6 1/4 in. 24.8 by 15.9 cm.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, de Kooning, Gorky, Kline, Pollock, October - November 1968
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, October 1997 - January 1998, pl. 40, illustrated
New York, Allan Stone Projects, Abstract Expressionist Works on Paper, January - March 2014
New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, October 1997 - January 1998, pl. 40, illustrated
New York, Allan Stone Projects, Abstract Expressionist Works on Paper, January - March 2014
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s working method. There are multiple artist’s pinholes along the top edge. All of the collaged elements are stable. Under close inspection, some hairline craquelure is visible in the thickly black painted area on the right side and there is a pinpoint spot of loss at the upper right corner of that collaged area. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the top edge and upper quarter of the sheet. Framed under Plexiglas.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"It's not an illusionistic thing. It just seems as though there are forms in some experience in your life that have an excitement for you. Those sort of forms in your experience do, in some way, not dominate, but they become the things that you are involved with...A curve or line or rhythmical relation do have, in some way, some psychological bearing, not only on the person who looks at them after they've been conceived but also they do have a lot to do with the creative being who is involved with wondering just how exiting it can be."
Franz Kline