Franz Kline
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1910 - New York City 1962
Photo credit Bert Stern
These black streaks on white backgrounds revealed something unknown but vibrant inside me. It was like my psychological portrait.
Franz Kline, Tower, 1953. Oil on canvas, frame: 210,19 x 136,21 x 5,72 cm, image: 206,06 x 132,08 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1985. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Brian Forrest, Los Angeles
Franz Kline, Hazelton, 1957. Oil on canvas, frame: 106,68 x 202,57 x 5,72 cm, image: 105,41 x 198,12 cm. MOCA The Museum of Contemorary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection, 1987. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Brian Forrest, Los Angeles
Franz Kline, Drawing, 1957. Oil on paper, frame: 68,5 x 90,5 x 4 cm, image: 51 x 72 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Franz Kline, Orleans, 1959, Monitor, 1956. MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Panza Collection. Installation Villa Panza, Varese, early '70s. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Gian Sinigaglia, Milano