Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Personnage (Portrait of Frederick Blumenstein III), c. 1940-43
Oil · Canvas
Rago Auctions · May 28, 2026$5,376 ≈ £4,011 ≈ €4,628Sign up free to see price
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Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962) · 1950
$40,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £31,053≈ €35,769
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on telephone book page mounted on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed "KLINE" lower left
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.2 x 24.4 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session (NY010419)
- Date
- May 15, 2019
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 120
- Estimate
- $40,000 – $60,000 (≈ £31,053 – £46,580) (≈ €35,769 – €53,653)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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