Franz Kline

Estate of the Artist
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Litchfield, Connecticut
Gift of the above to the previous owner

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco Museum of Art, Franz Kline, 1910-1962, October 1968 - March 1969, cat. no. 52

This work is in good condition overall. The telephone book page is mounted to a paper backing. There is evidence of minor surface soiling and time staining to the paper. The sheet is slightly undulated throughout and there is evidence of several minor losses to the pigment. The telephone paper is slightly lifting throughout. There are scattered minor losses to the telephone book paper along the perimeter and particularly in the lower left, many of which appear to be inherent to the artist’s working method. Framed under Plexiglas.
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