Franz Kline: career timeline
American · 1910–1962 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 34 of 49 lots (68% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $1.9kSign up | Drawing |
| 1940s | 10 | 9 | $2.5kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 16 | 13 | $94kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 5 | 3 | $126kSign up | Drawing |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
c. 1936 Street Scene$1.9kSign up
1940s 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $5.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 13.5 in (41 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (5), Oil (3), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5)
c. 1940 Personnage (Portrait of Frederick Blumenstein III)$5.4kSign up
c. 1940 eight works$4.4kSign up
c. 1940 Untitled (Figure Sketch)$625Sign up
c. 1940 Untitled (Figure Sketch)$975Sign up
c. 1940 Untitled (Figure Sketch)$500Sign up
c. 1940 Untitled$2.5kSign up
1942 Little Red Bakery$10kSign up
1945 Seated Figure (Study for Elizabeth)$2.4kSign up
1947 '47 Series #9Unsold
c. 1948 Old Sephardic Cemetery in Chinatown$25.6kSign up
1950s 16 works
- Sold
- 13 of 16
- Median
- $94kSign up
- Average
- $859kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 11 in (29 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7), Drawing (5), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)
1950 Untitled$40kSign up
c. 1950 Self-PortraitUnsold
1951 Untitled$79.3kSign up
1954 Untitled (ZD 240)$213kSign up
1955 Study for Shaft$94kSign up
1955 Study for IntersectionUnsold
1956 Untitled$206kSign up
1957 Untitled$11.5kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1957 I Will Always Love You, from 21 Etchings and Poems$7.6kSign up
1958 Composizione astratta$132kSign up
1958 Over Green$62.5kSign up
1959 Untitled$116kSign up
Show 4 more (1950s)
1959 Untitled (Study for Charcoal, Black and Tan)$88.9kSign up
c. 1959 Black, White, BrownUnsold
1959 Sawyer$10MSign up
1959 Untitled (Composition)$125kSign up
1960s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $126kSign up
- Average
- $105kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 13.5 in (30 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Mixed media (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Study for Harleman$126kSign up · sold 2×
1960 Study for "Black and White No. 2"$187kSign up
1962 Wilkes Barre 1910 - New York 1962 / Senza titolo, 1952Result not published
1962 Wilkes Barre 1910 - New York 1962 / Senza titolo, 1960-61Result not published
1963 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Kline$144Sign up
Creation date not recorded
15 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $41.6kSign up
- Average
- $41.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 12 in (27 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Oil (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
sold 2002 untitled$374Sign up
sold 2005 (American, 1910-1962)$58.8kSign up
sold 2005 (American, 1910-1962)$29.4kSign up
sold 2006 Ohne Titel$94.5kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1910-1962)Unsold
sold 2006 (American 1910-1962)$53.8kSign up
Show 1 more (2000s)
sold 2009 Untitled (Street Scene)$12kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $9.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 14 in (50 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Abstract (1)
sold 2014 ComposizioneUnsold
sold 2015 Street Scene, Greenwich Village$31.3kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$3.1kSign up
sold 2019 Shop Front (London Sketchbook)$1.3kSign up
sold 2019 Abstract$2.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2020 Sketchbook (from London)$1.4kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled (Figure Sketch)$640Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled (Figure Sketch)$2.4kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Franz Kline auction results →