Franz Kline

1910-1962 · American · Abstract Expressionism, Action painting

Record aux enchères: 40,4 M $US

Untitled, 1957 · Christie's, New York · 14 nov. 2012

Biographie

Franz Kline, from the coal region of Pennsylvania, trained as an illustrator in Boston and London before settling in New York. Around 1950, inspired by projecting his small brush drawings onto a wall, he developed the large black-and-white abstractions that made him famous: broad, architectural strokes that suggest bridges, rail lines and city structures. In the late 1950s he reintroduced colour. He died at 51, leaving a compact body of work. On the market the iconic black-and-white canvases of 1950 to 1959 are the core and appear rarely, while drawings and studies on telephone-book pages trade regularly in the tens and low hundreds of thousands. The gap between these two tiers makes Kline a selective market at the top.

Résultats d'enchères récents

Harleman (1960)Sotheby's, New York	14,48 M $US	14 mai 2026	heni.com
Untitled (1959)Phillips, New York	116 k $US	28 févr. 2026	heni.com
Untitled (Study for Charcoal, Black and Tan) (1959)Phillips, New York	89 k $US	14 mai 2025	heni.com

Marché

Liquidité: Moyenne

Musées

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Tate Modern, Londra

Sources

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