Untitled

1940s-1950s

Franz Kline

Associated Names
Franz Kline

Artist, American, 1910 - 1962

The image consists of thick, black lines and forms on a pale background, creating an abstract composition. The forms resemble ink flowing down a surface, creating shapes that may resemble drips or elongated objects. Some shapes look like dark silhouettes of plants or bridge legs. Viewers are invited to interpret the imagery within the abstract expression.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elisabeth Ross Zogbaum

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.112.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Franz Kline; Elisabeth R. Zogbaum, New York; gift to NGA, 1993

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Franz Kline: Coal and Steel, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown; Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, The City University of New York, New York, 2012 - 2013, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1999

  • Ritchie, Charles. "Franz Kline, Thirty Untitled Drawings." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art no. 21 (Spring 1999): 13.

Inscriptions

left edge verso in black marker: ZD 282

Wikidata ID

Q64570553

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