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FRANZ KLINE Group of 6 portrait drawings.
Nellie, charcoal on paper. Jimmy Frehold, charcoal on paper * Andy, charcoal on paper * Bill Boylan, red crayon on paper * Steve, charcoal on paper * Rose, brown crayon paper. Each circa 1945. Each signed and titled in pencil recto. Various sizes and conditions.
Each ex-collection Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco; private collection, Massachusetts.
These drawings were done by Kline (1910-1962) during the 1940s when he was a regular at Minetta Tavern in Greenwich Village, New York. He sold these caricature portraits for 50 cents each to help pay his bar tab.
