Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗Study for Shaft, 1955
Oil · Paper
Kornfeld · Sep 12, 2025CHF 75,000 ≈ $94,028 ≈ £69,434 ≈ €80,242Sign up free to see price
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Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962) · 1959
$116,100 price realized incl. premium
≈ £86,185≈ €98,348
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “black ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed "KLINE" lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art (NY010126)
- Date
- February 28, 2026
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 63
- Estimate
- $60,000 – $80,000 (≈ £44,540 – £59,387) (≈ €50,826 – €67,768)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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