Franz Kline (1910-1962), Light Mechanic

Franz Kline (1910-1962)
Light Mechanic
signed and dated 'FRANZ KLINE '60' (on the reverse); signed again and titled 'LIGHT MECHANIC KLINE' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
92 x 67 5/8 in. (233.6 x 171.7 cm.)
Painted in 1960.

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Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Chester Beatty, London, 1962
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Asher Edelman, New York
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985

Pre-Lot Text
The Defining Gesture: Modern Masters from the Eppler Family Collection

Literature
Franz Kline: Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 1963, n.p. (installation view illustrated).
“Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Special Exhibition,” Painesville Telegraph, 20 February 1986 (illustrated).

Exhibited
New York, Union Carbide Company, on loan, 1961.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Paintings by Franz Kline, December 1961, n.p., no. 5 (illustrated).
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Masters of the 19th & 20th Centuries, May-June 1983, n.p., no. 23.
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, n.p., fig. 23 (illustrated in color).
West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, on loan, 2001.