Franz Kline
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personAmerican, 1910–1962
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Selected Works391

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Paintings: $115K medianWorks on paper: $91.6K medianSculpture/objects: $370K medianBooks/portfolios: $88.2K medianEditioned prints: $7.6K medianUnclassified lots: $20.0K median
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Hatje Cantz · 2008
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This editorial compilation highlights a series of exhibitions and artist profiles focusing on the intimate relationship between drawing, painting, and…
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The article reports on the May 2023 marquee auction sales at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips, which collectively topped $2.5 billion—nearly double…
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The article profiles Kenneth Callahan, a key figure in Northwest modern art and former director of the Seattle Art Museum, who found inspiration in th…
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Sotheby's Modern Evening Auction on May 19 achieved $304 million with a 98% sell-through rate across 45 lots, more than doubling the total from the eq…
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Phillips’ Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 19 achieved a white-glove result, totaling $115.2 million across 41 lots—a 122 percent increas…
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The article lists the most expensive Mark Rothko paintings ever sold at auction, highlighting record-breaking sales such as *No. 6 (Violet, Green and …
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Sotheby’s summer contemporary auction in New York raised $433.1 million, far exceeding the $186.1 million from its comparable sale last year. The high…
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Sotheby's held two major evening sales in New York—the Mnuchin collection sale and The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction—generating a combined $433.1…
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A red-and-black Mark Rothko painting, *Brown and Blacks in Reds* (1957), sold for US$85.8 million at Sotheby’s New York on May 14, becoming the artist…
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Sotheby's kicked off New York's art and auction week with two major sales on May 14, 2026, led by the highly anticipated Robert Mnuchin: Collector at …
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Sotheby's evening auction in New York on May 13, 2025, realized $407.5 million ($433.1m with fees), led by Mark Rothko's "Brown and Blacks in Reds" (1…
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Sotheby’s New York held a $433.1 million modern and contemporary art sale at its Madison Avenue headquarters, led by Mark Rothko’s *Brown and Blacks i…
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A Mark Rothko painting, *Brown and Blacks in Reds* (1957), formerly owned by the late influential art dealer Robert Mnuchin, sold at Sotheby’s on Thur…
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A major Mark Rothko painting, *Brown and Blacks in Reds* (1957), from the collection of the late financier and dealer Robert Mnuchin, sold for $85.8 m…
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Sotheby's is holding its most ambitious May auction series in New York, headlined by Mark Rothko's monumental painting *Brown and Blacks in Reds* (195…
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The article reports that the May 2025 marquee auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's are being driven by a resurgence of major single-owner collections,…
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TEFAF New York returns to the Park Avenue Armory from May 15–19, 2026 (with a collector preview on May 14), marking the fair's tenth anniversary. The …
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Play Reading of “A Part of the Noise” – Based on the Life and Times of Franz Kline

Franz Kline

132A Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002, United States

Nov 17, 2025 — Nov 17, 2025

Prelude The Early Work of Franz Kline

Franz Kline

41 E 57th St 9th floor, New York, NY 10022, USA

Apr 24, 2025 — Jun 13, 2025

Franz Kline

Franz Kline

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Apr 23, 2025 — Jun 21, 2025

Paintings from a Private American Collection

Franz Kline

1018 Madison Ave Floor 2, New York, NY 10075, USA

Nov 1, 2003 — Dec 12, 2003

Franz Kline

Franz Kline

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Sep 8, 1984 — Oct 27, 1984

Franz Kline: Coal and Steel

Franz Kline

31 N 5th St, Allentown, PA 18101, USA

Jan 1, 1910 — Jan 1, 1962

Franz Kline: Coal and Steel Sun, 10/07/2012 – Sun, 01/13/2013 Scheller Gallery Franz Kline (1910–1962), one of the most celebrated artists of the modern era,...

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