Franz Kline

Mark Rothko, American, born Russia (now Latvia) (1903–1970), Untitled, 1963. Oil on canvas, 69 × 90 in. (152.4 × 228.6 cm). Seattle Art Museum, Gift of the Friday Foundation in honor of Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis, 2020.14.16. Photo by Spike Mafford / Zocalo Studios. Courtesy of Friday Foundation. © 2021 The Mark Rothko Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.  SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum presents Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection (October 15,... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, No. 11 (Yellow, Green, and Black), 1950. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of the Friday Foundation in honor of Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis. © 2021 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. NEW HAVEN, CONN.- The Yale University Art Gallery has received an extraordinary gift from the Friday Foundation honoring the legacy of late Seattle philanthropists Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. The Lang collection is one of the most important private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. Gerhard Richter (B. 1932), Gebirge, signed, dated 1968, numbered 182 and inscribed Alpen (FL.-Pass) on the reverse, oil on canvas, 200 by 160.5 cm. 78 3/4 by 63 1/8 in. Estimate 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples Libero Grande, Naples (acquired from the above in 1976) Estate of Libero Grande, Naples (thence by descent) Sotheby’s, London, 19 October 2004, Lot 62 (consigned by the above) ... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, American, 1903–1970: Untitled, 1968. Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 100 x 63.5 cm. Collection of Preston H. Haskell, Class of 1960. © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York PRINCETON, NJ.- A remarkable gathering of paintings by some of the most important artists of the postwar era will provide a window into a moment of extraordinary creative ferment, when the very nature of abstract painting was being hotly contested. Rothko to Richter: Mark-Making in Abstract... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Green on Red), 1954. Olio su tela, 197,5 x 166,4 cm© Whitney Museum of American Art© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko by SIAE 2013. MILAN.- Jackson Pollock, but not just him: Rothko, de Kooning, Kline too. An artistic revolution, a break with the past, experimentation, energy: this is the story that will be told by the “Pollock e gli Irascibili” which opened at the Palazzo Reale on 24 September.  The exhibition, curated by Carter Foster with the collaboration of Luca Beatrice,... [Lire la suite]

Franz Kline (1910-1962), Untitled. Oil on canvas, 79 x 112 ½ in. Painted in 1957. Estimate: $20-30 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 NEW YORK (AFP).- A canvas of violent black brushstrokes by abstract expressionist Franz Kline sold for $40.4 million at Christie's in New York on Wednesday, setting a new record by far for the artist. The result was four times higher than the previous high auction price for Kline, whose works have tended to be overshadowed by those of more famous abstract artists like Mark Rothko. Appraisers... [Lire la suite]

Mark Rothko, No. 5/No. 22. 1950 (dated on reverse 1949). Oil on canvas, 9’ 9” x 8’ 11 1/8”. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services. TORONTO.- Jackson Pollock. Mark Rothko. Robert Motherwell. Joan Mitchell. Franz Kline. Lee Krasner. Willem de Kooning. These are just a few of the legendary 20th-century artists whose artwork is now on view at the Art Gallery of... [Lire la suite]