May 23, 2002 - Sale 1937

Sale 1937 - Lot 108

Unsold
Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000
FRANZ KLINE
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Oil, brush and ink and mixed media collage on heavy cardstock, 1947. 347x335 mm; 13 5/8x13 1/8 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Ex-collection the artist and Herman Somberg, New York.

Franz Kline gave this collage to Mr. Herman Somberg as a wedding present in 1960. Kline and the Sombergs were close friends; Kline was his best man.

With a copy of a dated letter of attestation describing the provenance. Exhibited in 1986 at the Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA.