Untitled

1940s-1950s

Franz Kline

Associated Names
Franz Kline

Artist, American, 1910 - 1962

The image features intersecting black lines and shapes against a beige background. This abstract composition resembles a network of beams or girders. The brushstrokes and forms add movement. The interplay of light and dark shapes creates depth and complexity.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elisabeth Ross Zogbaum

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.7 x 15.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.112.5

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.

2012

  • Mattison, Robert S. Franz Kline Coal and Steel. Allentown, PA, 2012: p. 10-11,11 illus., 111.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in black marker: ZD 474

Wikidata ID

Q64570555

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