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Untitled

1940s-1950s

Franz Kline

Associated Names

Franz Kline

Artist, American, 1910 - 1962

The image displays an abstract composition with a vertical red rectangular shape on the left side, contrasted with organic dark brown lines and shapes flowing around it. The red block has irregular edges, while the brown shapes look like ink or stylized intertwined limbs. The composition includes a mix of strong geometric forms and fluid organic shapes.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gouache and brush and black ink on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Rufus F. Zogbaum
Dimensions

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

1998.113.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the Artist; Rufus F. Zogbaum, New York; gift to NGA, 1998

Associated Names

Zogbaum, Rufus

Bibliography

1999

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

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: ZD 388

Wikidata ID

Q64570525

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