Frank Kleinholz

Two Trees - Three Children

Frank Kleinholz's primary theme of his later art is children and their relationship to their world. Two Trees-Three Children explores the world of the child using emotionally charged lines and tones. Such works of art as this original silk-screen have led critics to compare Kleinholz's creations to those of Chagall and Dufy. This original silk-screen is signed, titled, dated and annotated 'Artists Proof' by the artist, Frank Kleinholz in pencil. Two Trees-Three Children is printed upon thick wove paper and with full margins as printed in New York in 1964 by the Associated American Artists.

Two Trees - Three Children

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Frank Kleinholz (Brooklyn, New York, 1901 - Miami, Florida, 1987)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		Grove Street by Frank Kleinholz	Original Aquatint Engraving & Etching	1944	Signed and numbered, 22/28, by Frank Kleinholz in pencil, Catalogue #7, First and only state.
02.-		Carnival by Frank Kleinholz	Original Etching & Drypoint	1955	Signed, titled and numbered, '24/25' by Frank Kleinholz in pencil, Catalogue #54, First and only state
03.-		Two Trees - Three Children by Frank Kleinholz	Original Silk-Screen (Serigraph)	1964	Signed, titled, dated and annotated 'Artists Proof' by Frank Kleinholz in pencil, Catalogue #80, First and only state.

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Title:	Two Trees - Three Children
Artist:	Kleinholz, Frank (Brooklyn, New York, 1901 - Miami, Florida, 1987)
Date:	1964
Medium:	Original Silk-Screen (Serigraph)
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Note:	Frank Kleinholz: Born into a poor family, much of Frank Kleinholz's youth was spent selling newspapers and running errands for local businesses. At age 23 he graduated from Fordham Law School and was admitted to the bar. Kleinholz first turned to art after the age of thirty and studied painting under Sol Wilson and print making under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. His first group exhibition took place in 1941 at the Carnegie Institute and his first solo exhibition took place at the Associated American Artists, New York, in 1942. For the following forty years he gained a large national reputation with showings at the Brooklyn Museum, the Worcester Art Institute, the Chicago Art Institute and the prestigious National Academy of Design.
	In 1951 Frank Kleinholz assumed the position of Instructor of Fine Arts, Hofstra College. Two years later, however, McCarthyism was at its height and Kleinholz was blacklisted from various shows and forced to resign his post. After the dark days of McCarthyism ended Frank Kleinholz again resumed his career and solo exhibitions of his paintings and graphics took place in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The artist moved to Perrine, Florida, in 1967.
	Today the art of Frank Kleinholz is included in the following collections: the University of Wyoming Art Museum, The Newark Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami and the Smithsonian Institute, Washington.
	As an original printmaker, Kleinholz's art changed considerably during his career. His first prints were mostly etchings and aquatints which reflected the influence of the Depression era and the World Wars. He was both an associate and friend of Reginald Marsh and Philip Evergood, and like these artists he often explored social themes within his art. His original prints were intensely personal in nature and tending towards either Realism or Expressionism. Such is the case with this original example. Most prints from this era were printed by the artist himself and published in small editions of less than thirty impressions.
	Later in his career Frank Kleinholz turned to lithography and silk-screening. His style moved more towards Social Realism and focused upon family relationships and the role of humanity within the urban environment. Both his early and later forms of art are held in equally high esteem.
	Two Trees - Three Children is clearly one of Frank Kleinholz's most compelling works of art. It was commissioned by the Associated American Artists of New York in 1964 and published by them in a signed edition of 250 impressions. Since its creation in the mid 1930's, the Associated American Artists was responsible for commissioning original graphic art from such great American masters as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and Reginald Marsh. In the 1950's and 1960's it continued to provide outstanding graphics by such artists as Chaim Koppelman, Jack Levine, Frank Kleinholz and many other great American and international printmakers. Frank Kleinholz is known to have contributed at least six original silkscreens to this publisher.
Edition:	Artist Proof, Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions.
Raisonne:	Sylvan Cole, Jr., Kleinholz Graphics, Catalogue Raisonne, 1940-1975, Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami Press, 1975.
	Catalogue #80, First and only state as published by the Associated American Artists, New York, in the limited edition of 250 impressions plus 15 artist's proofs.
Size:	14 1/4 X 10 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon thick wove paper and with full margins as printed in New York in 1964. Containing two slight scratch marks along the upper left margin, else a strong printing and in fine condition throughout. Signed, titled, dated and annotated 'Artists Proof' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Two Trees-Three Children is a large, exceptional example of the art of Frank Kleinholz.
Subject:	Frank Kleinholz, Two Trees-Three Children, original silkscreen, Artists Proof, Associated American Artists, studied print making under Yasuo Kuniyoshi.
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