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Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Self-Portrait

c. 1940

Franz Kline

Associated Names

Franz Kline

Artist, American, 1910 - 1962

The image features bold, sweeping lines and shapes creating an intricate and abstract composition. In the center, there is a figure resembling a distorted human face with exaggerated features. A large, rounded shape suggests an eye, while angular lines hint at a mouth.

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Artwork overview

Medium

brush and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Rufus Zogbaum and Reina Schratter
Dimensions

sheet: 25.08 × 22.54 cm (9 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2016.60.30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the Artist; Elisabeth R. Zogbaum, New York; gift to NGA, 2016

Associated Names

Zogbaum, Rufus

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: FK (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64570603

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