Woodward Gallery at Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, NYC December 2024 — March 2025
December 2024 — March 2025 at The Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street
The culmination of Woodward Gallery’s 30th Anniversary year-long celebration is the much anticipated, two-person exhibition, featuring “ Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows.” This comparison of work, though a generation apart, examines these artistic geniuses with so much in common. Curated by John Woodward, this exhibition pairs rare, intimate portraits by Abstract Expressionist Franz Kline (1910 - 1962) with never-before-seen shadow paintings by Conceptual Artist Richard Hambleton (1952 - 2017). The soul of the individual is strongly communicated in both styles.
Kline attended Boston University (1931 - 1935), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts/PAFA, (1935 - 1936), and the Leeds School of Art in E ngland (1937 - 1938). Kline was a confirmed New Yorker, but had roots that he never forgot in the gritty Coal Country of Eastern Pennsylvania. He studied at the Boston Art Students League, which stressed figure drawing. His cartoon drawing was widely popular with faculty and students in High School, but it was at the League that he mastered his style in character studies.
Art and beer were compatible for Kline. Often in the 1940s, in the hopes of earning a few dollars, he sketched people who, like himself, frequented the Cedar Bar and Minetta Tavern in NYC. His character drawings, like “Nellie,” done at the Minetta Tavern, were not distorted as caricatures, but heightened with Kline’s ability to select the most descriptive features of the sitting subject.
Kline and Hambleton liked to paint at night, always keeping late hours and sleeping during the daytime. Hambleton worked in darkness from an abandoned gas station (Avenue B and 2nd Street) while Kline found life at the
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Cedar Bar (24 University Place) and Minetta Tavern (113 MacDougal Street) to form his subjects when these portraits were created.
Richard Hambleton attended The Vancouver School of Art (later renamed the Emily Carr University of Art and Design) in Vancouver, Canada (1971 - 1975), where he was exposed to a variety of art movements. He relocated to NYC in 1976, where he lived for the rest of his life. In the early 1980s, Richard traveled extensively to cities throughout the world, placing hundreds of shadow figures and engaging the public to observe and accept the fragility of being. While still in school, he learned an early folk art technique from an old woman in Vancouver, to quickly cut black paper into a person’s silhouette. This led to the spontaneous Shadow Head Portraits that Richard realized he could paint for barter, trade, or quick cash.
Each artist gave life to the character subjects in their portraits. Hambleton extracted a person’s kinetic energy by splattering paint, capturing the personality of the real individual’s shadow. Richard trusted black paint to create the silhouettes that he became known for. Similarly, Kline was dedicated to revealing beauty through portraiture. Both Kline and Hambleton successfully recorded the personality of their portraits, but had different methods. Kline would draw his subject in the moment, whereas Hambleton painted from memory.
Both Franz and Richard began their successful art journeys with their first solo exhibitions in NYC— Kline at the Egan Gallery in 1950, and Hambleton at Alexander Milliken Gallery in 1982. Considered the most prestigious cultural event in the world, the Venice Biennale featured Kline in 1960, and Hambleton in 1984.
Kline and Hambleton were serious, committed artists who both lived under extreme conditions, sometimes even without food or water. Both artists generally isolated themselves to create, but were often surrounded by muses. Yes, Kline and Hambleton had magnetic personalities and were charismatic people, but used portraiture as a medium to connect— many times, in order to make money to survive.
They never gave up their studios or the harsh conditions of NYC. Each was evicted multiple times for being unable to pay the rent. They c ontinually had to find new space in which to create. Franz rolled newspapers to burn to stay warm in the colder seasons. Richard would maintain heat with a small space heater and a self-customized, white lab coat.
In a fascinating parallel of fate, both artists within their respective periods, were each able to befriend the two most influential artists of their times; Kline found Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock in the 1940s, and Hambleton found Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring in the 1980s. Both artistic trios were successfully recognized in NYC and eventually, worldwide. The 20th-century art patrons, and founders of the Museum of Modern Art, the Rockefellers purchased art from both Kline and Hambleton. B lanchett Ferry Rockefeller bought “Chief,” named after a locomotive inspired by Kline’s childhood, in 1952. David Rockefeller bought “Julia,” named after the Woodward Gallery owners’ only daughter, who was a child at the time, in 2013.
In 1959, American photographer, Irving Penn, captured a group of invited artists, including Franz Kline, for “The New American Painting” exhibition at the MoMA, NY. Later, in 1984, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders staged a nearlyidentical photograph of the then-current artists, “ The New Irascibles,” including Richard Hambleton, for Arts Magazine and Art Forum.
After the end of their lives, each artist was honored with a featured obituary in the New York Times: Franz Kline on May 15, 1962, and Richard Hambleton on November 4th, 2017. Despite their differing eras, both artists are now considered iconic figures of 20th-century American art.
The presentation of works in “ Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows ” elucidates how each artist gave life to their portraits, successfully recording the character of their subjects, through observation and memory.
- John Woodward, December 2024 Woodward Gallery
Life Magazine, Volume 47, Number 20, November 1959, featuring Franz Kline, Abstract Expressionism, Part II. Analogies with nature help to explain the varied art of four pioneers photographed for LIFE by Bert Stern. (Woodward Gallery Archives)
Life Magazine, Volume 8, Number 5, May 1985, featuring Richard Hambleton, Volume 8, Number 5, The Art Scene: Far Out’s In. New York’s unchic East Village becomes a nerve center for young artists photographed for LIFE by Joe McNally. (Woodward Gallery Archives)
Judy Glantzman, Rodney Greenblat, Richard Hambleton, Stephen Lack, Joseph Nechvatal, David Wojnarowicz, Futura 2000, Mike Bidlo, Luis Frangella, Arch Connelly, Rhonda Zwillinger, Mark Kostabi, Craig Coleman, Greer Lankton. “The Irascibles,” Arts Magazine 1984 and reprinted in Artforum, 1999. Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Richard Hambleton artwork on album cover: The Groups of Wrath: Songs of the Naked City- Various Artists: New York Dolls, Ramones, Blondie, Suicide, Bloodless Pharaohs, Fleshtones, Richard Hell & The Voidoids LP released under TVT Records, 1991 (Woodward Gallery Archives)
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm
Just Me, 1940-1942
11.5 x 8.5 in; 29.21 x 21.59 cm
Constance, 1940-1942
Conte crayon on paper
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 19.05 cm
12 x 9 in; 30.48 x 22.86 cm
11.75 x 7.5 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm
The Orr Family, 1946
Ink and watercolor on paper
4.5 x 3.5 in; 11.4 x 8.9 cm
12 x 8.5 in; 30.48 x 21.59 cm
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm
25. Franz Kline
Franz Kline Exhibition Announcement for Egan Gallery Exhibition, 1951
(Based on Painting No. 11, 1951)
Offset lithograph on glossy paper
12 x 14 in; 30.5 x 35.6 cm
Piezo Electric - Civilian Warfare, September 7-30 Exhibition
Announcement, 1983
Screenprint on paper
16 x 10 in; 40.64 x 25.4 cm
11.13 x 8.75 in; 28.27 x 22.23 cm
“When I look out the window—I’ve always lived in the city- I don’t see the trees in bloom or mountain laurel. What I do see—or rather, not what I see but the feelings aroused in me by that looking—is what I paint.” – Franz Kline, 1940s
Quoted by Katharine Kuh in The Artist’s Voice, when asked if he considered himself an American Painter, Franz Kline replied:
“Yes, I think so. I can’t imagine myself working very long in Europe or, for that matter, anywhere but New York. I find Chicago terrific, but I’ve been living in New York now for twenty-odd years and it seems to be where I belong.”- Franz Kline, 1961
“To me, the city is not a blank canvas. It’s a picture; a motion picture containing sociological and psychological elements. My urban work is added to and becomes a part of that picture.” - Richard Hambleton, 1984
“…what makes them exciting is the power of the viewer’s imagination- that split second experience when you see the figures, that matter.”- Richard Hambleton, 2007
New York Times Franz Kline Obituary, May 15 1962 (Woodward Gallery Archives)
EXHIBITION LIST
1. Franz Kline
Grace, 1940-1942
Conte crayon on paper
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm museum framed
Signed and titled recto; red lipstick kiss mark on verso
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Endes Sieveri, New York
Joseph Strum, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy, 20 October 2004 - 30 January 2005;
Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 28 October 1997 - 17 January 1998;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Selected Works, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, February - March, 1974;
Franz Kline, Don Nice, Wayne Nowack, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 1-31 October 1974;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, MarchNovember 1977;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
Literature
Franz Kline: Architecture & Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, pl. 6.
Franz Kline 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, illustrated, pg. 145.
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, University Art Gallery, Binghamton, cat. no. 10.
2. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1279), 1990
Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Signed with blood print on verso upper margin
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
3. Franz Kline
Jimmy Frehold, 1940-1945
Charcoal on paper
11.75 x 9 in; 29.84 x 22.86 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York;
Allan Stone Gallery, New York; Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco
Private collection, Massachusetts
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect at the Cincinnati Art Museum, November 27, 1985- March 2, 1986; traveling to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) April 17- June 9, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts June 26September 28, 1986;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
4. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1262), 1990
Acrylic on paper
24 x 19 in; 61 x 68.3 cm paper size
26.75 x 21.75 in; 67.95 x 55.25 cm museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
5. Franz Kline
Just Me, 1940-1942
Red Conte crayon on paper
11.5 x 8.5 in; 29.21 x 21.59 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Endes Sieveri, New York
Joseph Strum, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 28 October 1997 - 17 January 1998;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York, March 14- April 18, 1977;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
6. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1278), 1990
Acrylic on paper, black acrylic paint over verso
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
7. Franz Kline
Andy, 1940-1945
Charcoal on paper
11.5 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, Massachusetts
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect at the Cincinnati Art Museum, November 27, 1985- March 2, 1986; traveling to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) April 17- June 9, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, June 26- September 28, 1986;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
8. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1272), 1990
Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
9. Franz Kline
Constance, 1940-1942
Conte crayon on paper
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 19.05 cm
paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Endes Sieveri, New York
Joseph Strum, New York
Private collection, USA
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
10. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1277), 1990
Acrylic on paper, black acrylic paint over verso
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Signed HAM center verso
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
11. Franz Kline
Jimmy, 1940-1942
Blue Conte crayon on paper
11.5 x 8.5 in; 29.21 x 21.59 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Endes Sieveri, New York
Joseph Strum, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 28 October 1997 - 17 January 1998;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
12. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1265), 1990
Acrylic on paper
24 x 19 in; 61 x 68.3 cm paper size
26.75 x 21.75 in; 67.95 x 55.25 cm
museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
13. Franz Kline
Mildred, ca. 1940
Conte crayon on paper
12 x 9 in; 30.48 x 22.86 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Endes Sieveri, New York
Joseph Strum, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: Lost Murals, Baruch College Gallery, New York, November - December 1989;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City , c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Selected Works, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, February - March, 1974;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
14. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1273), 1990
Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
15. Franz Kline
Grumpy, 1940-1942
Graphite on paper
11.75 x 7.5 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm
paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Number 4375B in pencil; words on neckline “west village street”
Signed and titled recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Endes Sieveri, New York
Joseph Strum, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy, 20 October 2004 - 30 January 2005;
Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 28 October 1997 - 17 January 1998;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, MarchNovember 1977;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
Literature
Franz Kline: Architecture & Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, pl. 7.
Franz Kline 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, illustrated, pg. 146.
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, University Art Gallery, Binghamton, cat. no. 23, Illustrated, pg. 32.
16. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1275), 1990
Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
17. Franz Kline
The Orr Family, 1946
Ink and watercolor on paper
4.5 x 3.5 in; 11.4 x 8.9 cm
9.75 x 9 in; 24.77 x 22.86 cm
museum framed
Signed with Artist’s mark and dated 1946
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. and Mrs. David Orr, Private collection, USA
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
18. Richard Hambleton
Standing Shadowman, (WGRH1500), 2003
Ink, white out and fine point pen on cardstock paper
9.5 x 3.08 in; 24.13 x 7.80 cm paper size
14.5 x 8.75 in; 37.47 x 22.23 cm
museum framed
Signed and dated LL in marker
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition announcement artwork for The Antagonist Movement Presents Richard Hambleton, curated by Arturo Vega, January 23, 2003 at Niagara, 112 Avenue A, NYC.
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
19. Franz Kline
Bill Boylan, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1940-1945
Red crayon on paper
12 x 8.5 in; 30.48 x 21.59 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, Massachusetts
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy, 20 October 2004 - 30 January 2005;
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect at the Cincinnati Art Museum, November 27, 1985- March 2, 1986; traveling to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) April 17- June 9, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts June 26September 28, 1986;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
20. Richard Hambleton Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1269), 1990
Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size 24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
21. Franz Kline Eileen, 1940-1942
Conte crayon on paper
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm museum framed Titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline Endes Sieveri, New York Joseph Strum, New York Private Collection, USA Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: Lost Murals, Baruch College Gallery, New York, November - December 1989;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
22. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1266), 1990
Acrylic on paper
24 x 19 in; 61 x 68.3 cm paper size
26.75 x 21.75 in; 67.95 x 55.25 cm
museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
23. Franz Kline
Rose, 1940-1945
Brown crayon on paper
11.75 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm
paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, Massachusetts
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect at the Cincinnati Art Museum, November 27, 1985- March 2, 1986; traveling to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) April 17- June 9, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts June 26September 28, 1986;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
24. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1274), 1990
Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
25. Franz Kline
Franz Kline Exhibition Announcement for Egan Gallery Exhibition, 1951
(Based on Painting No. 11, 1951)
Offset lithograph on glossy paper
12 x 14 in; 30.5 x 35.6 cm paper size
16.5 x 18.25 in; 41.9 x 46.4 cm museum framed
The jacket to An Emotional Memoir of Franz Kline book by Fielding Dawson is based on this image of the announcement for Franz Kline’s second exhibition at Egan Gallery New York in 1951.
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
26. Richard Hambleton
Piezo Electric - Civilian Warfare, September 7-30 Exhibition
Announcement, 1983
Screenprint on paper
16 x 10 in; 40.64 x 25.4 cm paper size
19 x 13 in; 48.26 x 33.02 cm
museum framed
Signed in pencil lower left
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
27. Franz Kline Matt, 1940-1945
Graphite on paper
11.13 x 8.75 in; 28.27 x 22.23 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm museum framed Titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline Endes Sieveri, New York Joseph Strum, New York Private collection, USA Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024 - March 2025;
Franz Kline: 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy, 20 October 2004 - 30 January 2005;
Franz Kline: Architecture and Atmosphere, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 28 October 1997 - 17 January 1998;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
Literature
Franz Kline 1910-1962, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, illustrated, pg. 145.
28. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1271), 1990
Acrylic on paper, black acrylic paint over verso
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size
24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
29. Franz Kline
Steve, 1940-1945
Charcoal on paper
11.5 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm
paper size
17 x 14 in; 43.18 x 35.56 cm
museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, Massachusetts
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect at the Cincinnati Art MUSEUM, November 27, 1985- March 2, 1986; traveling to San Francisco MUSEUM of Modern Art (SF MOMA) April 17- June 9, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts June 26September 28, 1986;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
30. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1263), 1990
Acrylic on paper
24 x 19 in; 61 x 68.3 cm paper size
26.75 x 21.75 in; 67.95 x 55.25 cm museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
31. Franz Kline
Nellie, 1940- 1942
Charcoal on paper
11.5 x 8.75 in; 29.21 x 22.23 cm paper size
17 x 14 in; 431.8 x 35.56 cm museum framed
Signed and titled on recto
Provenance
Artist Franz Kline
Mr. Endes Sieveri, Minetta Tavern, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, Massachusetts
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, NYC, December 2024 - March 2025;
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect at the Cincinnati Art Museum, November 27, 1985- March 2, 1986; traveling to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) April 17- June 9, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts June 26September 28, 1986;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Binghamton, University Art Gallery, State University of New York March 14- April 18, 1977;
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, MarchNovember 1977;
Franz Kline: Drawings From Minetta Bar & Grill New York City, c. 1940s, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 2November 13, 1982;
Kline Portraits, Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, January 1969.
Literature
Franz Kline: The Early Works as Signals, University Art Gallery, Binghamton, Exhibition cat. no. 19.
Franz Kline by Harry F Gaugh, ISBN: 1-55859-770-0, Illustrated, pg. 36, plate 26.
The Village Voice, Scenes, Illustrated, January 23, 1969.
32. Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head Portrait, (WGRH1270), 1990 Acrylic on paper
21 x 14 in; 53.3 x 35.6 cm paper size 24 x 17 in; 60.96 x 43.18 museum framed
Provenance
Artist Richard Hambleton
Woodward Gallery, NYC
Exhibition
Franz Kline | Richard Hambleton: Portraits and Shadows, Woodward Gallery, December 2024-March 2025
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