Franz Kline, American, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1910–1962 Search this
Medium:
Oil and collage on paperboard mounted on wood
Dimensions:
28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (71.3 x 56.4 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
(1948)
Provenance:
The New Gallery, New York
Mrs. Donald Peters, New York
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills, to 22 July 1959
Harold Diamond, New York, 22 July 1959-10 February 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 10 February 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 530, p. 381; pp. 706-07.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC. "Franz Kline: The Color Abstractions," 17 February-8 April 1979, cat. Tour: RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, 4 May-1 July; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 17 July-9 September; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 27 September-25 November.
CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM. "The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect," 27 November 1985-2 March 1986, ill. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 17 April-8 June; PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, 26 June-28 September.
MUSEE RATH, Geneva. "Les figures de la liberte," 27 October 1995-7 January 1996, no. 143, p. 251.
CENTO ATLANTICO DE ARTE MODERNO, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. "A Rebours: La Rebelion Informalista 1939-1968," 20 April-13 June 1999, ill. p. 202. Tour: MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA, Madrid, 6 July-11 October 1999.
MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE LYON, France. "Starting from Scratch: American and European Art in the Aftermath of World War II (1945-1950)," 22 October 2008-2 February 2009.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
Published References:
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 706-707, fig. 530, p. 381.
ANFAM, DAVID, ed. Abstract Expressionism (London: Royal Academy Books, 2016), fig. 84.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
