Kline.

Kline.

Kline. 

Kline.

Steve Martin (and Franz Kline) by Annie Leibovitz. 

Painting by Franz Kline. 

So soon?

Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Derek Jeter SS
Carlos Beltran DH
Alfonso Soriano LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Brian Roberts 2B

Masahiro Tanaka gets the start; Ellsbury returns to Fenway.

Never mind that nasty starting pitcher for Boston:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Painting by Franz Kline]

Franz Kline. 

Just Another Masterpiece by Franz Kline.

“The Ballantine” by Franz Kline (1958-60)

Our man Kline…via Arpeggia.

Franz Kline.

Check out this photo gallery of the art world in the 1950s and ’60s over at Slate. What, not shots from the Cedar Tavern?

Wait, here’s one, I think. My uncle went to Cooper Union after he got out of the army in the mid-’50s and said he used to talk about the Yankees with Franz Kline, who was an Indians fan. Or was it the Brewers?

Pictures by Burt Glinn.

“Abstraction #1,” By Franz Kline (1951)

Double Down…

“Blueberry Eyes,” By Franz Kline (1959-60)

“Interchange,” By Willem de Kooning (1955)

“The Ballantine” By Franz Kline (1958-60)

Bags vs. Kline

This painting always makes me think of “Flight of the Bumble Bee.”

Nijinsky, by Franz Kline (1950)