I still have that safe in one of the bedrooms that we haven’t cracked yet. Instead of a work that might be worth millions, I have a lovely painting that I adore that might be worth $1,000 on a very good day (which is still much more than I paid for it). But it is not going to be my retirement plan. So, I do have an original oil painting by a 1950s artist.
Kline, but he went by his nickname of “Hans”, which he adopted as an homage to the similarity of his work to the more famous Franz Kline of the era. Hans Kline was also a painter in the 1950s. So, we took the painting off the wall, and while I was taking photos of the back, I noticed that the name on the frame said “ Hans Kline” (oops – close but no cigar) and the name of a gallery in New York.īack to Google I went. I sent pictures to one in New York, who responded saying I should pursue this, and he’d be happy to help – I just needed to fill out the authentication application, pay a fee and send more detailed, specific pictures (which included the front and back of the painting as well as any markings on the original frame). Dragging the painting to the Antiques Roadshow wasn’t going to happen, so I started to look for art authenticators. The signature on mine was in script.Įven more research did reveal signatures on some of his works in script. His signature on those paintings was in block letters. More research showed that Franz Kline had works similar to the one I purchased, although he is most famous for his black lines on white background. One of his paintings had recently sold at Christies for $40 million. The most famous “Kline” of that time was Franz Kline. I didn’t realize it was signed when I bought it (I just loved it), and when I found the signature, I started doing some research.
It’s a huge mid-century modern abstract oil painting, and it was signed “Kline ’58”. A few weeks ago I wrote about the painting I scored at the ReStore.
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