crayon, pastel, and ink on paper 12 h × 9 w in (30 × 23 cm)
Smallest measures: 11.5 h x 7.5 w inches.
Lot includes Mildred, Just Me, Jimmy, Grace, Matt, Eileen, Constance and Grumpy. Signed and titled to lower right of five examples. Titled to lower right of three examples.
provenance: Endes Sieveri, New York | Joseph Strum, New York | Alan Stone Gallery, New York (Mildred, Just Me, Jimmy, Grace and Grumpy)
exhibited: Selected Works, February - March, 1974, Allan Stone Gallery, New York | Franz Kline, Don Nice, Wayne Nowack, 1-31 October 1974, Allan Stone Gallery, New York (Grace) | Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York | Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, March - November 1977, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase (Grace (exh. cat. no. 10) and Grumpy) | Franz Kline: Lost Murals, November - December 1989, Baruch College Gallery, New York (Mildred) | Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, 28 October 1997 - 17 January 1998, Allan Stone Gallery, New York (Just Me, Jimmy, Grace and Matt) | Franz Kline: 1910-1962, 20 October 2004 - 30 January 2005, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy (Grace, Matt and Grumpy)
literature: Franz Kline: Architecture & Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, pl. 6 (Grace) and pl. 7 (Grumpy) Franz Kline 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea pg. 145 (Grace and Matt), pg. 146 (Grumpy) Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, University Art Gallery, Binghamton, pg. 32. cat. no. 23 (Grumpy)
