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Untitled

1940s-1950s

Franz Kline

Associated Names

Franz Kline

Artist, American, 1910 - 1962

The image shows two black, elongated lines on a tan background. Each line has abstract, amorphous shapes at the top and bottom. The upper shapes look like clusters while the lower shapes resemble small creatures.

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Artwork overview

Medium

brush and black ink on newprint paper
Credit Line

Gift of Rufus F. Zogbaum
Dimensions

overall: 18.7 x 27.9 cm (7 3/8 x 11 in.)
Accession Number

1998.113.22

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 right in black ink: FRANZ; upper left verso in graphite: ZD 477; upper left verso in blue ball-point pen: ZD 477

Wikidata ID

Q64570549

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