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Franz Kline — Crosstown
Franz Kline

Crosstown

1955

Franz Kline's 'Crosstown' is a bold abstract composition executed in oil on canvas with emphatic black gestural marks. The work demonstrates Kline's distinctive style of urban-inspired Abstract Expressionism.

Medium
oil on canvas

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The Macklowe Collection

November 16, 2021

Estimate: $12,000,000$18,000,000

Lot 20

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Franz Kline, Crosstown, 1955

Franz Kline's 'Crosstown' is a bold abstract composition executed in oil on canvas with emphatic black gestural marks. The work demonstrates Kline's distinctive style of urban-inspired Abstract Expressionism.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1955
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Abstract Expressionism, Gesture, Urban, Oil Painting, American Art, 1950s, Black and White

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Paul McNally