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Ink Study for Hoboken

1951

Franz Kline

Associated Names

Franz Kline

Artist, American, 1910 - 1962

The image shows bold black brushstrokes curving into an arc intersected by angular lines on a background of aged newspaper text. The lines resemble primitive calligraphy or gestural strokes. The interplay of the black forms against the printed words creates a dynamic texture, suggesting movement and depth within the rectangular frame of the paper.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pencil, brush and ink and tempera on telephone-book page
Credit Line

Gift of Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg
Dimensions

sheet: 22.23 × 27.94 cm (8 3/4 × 11 in.)
Accession Number

2025.16.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York; private collection; Janie C. Lee Master Drawings, New York; to Bernard and Lenore Greenberg, November 1988

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Greenberg

Exhibition History

1988

Abstract Expressionism Drawings, 1941-1955, Janie C. Lee Master Drawings, New York, November 5 - December 30, 1988, no. 20

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