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Object Details

Artist

Franz Kline, American, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1910–1962

Provenance

Walden School, New York, (scholarship benefit sale), to 2 December 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 December 1959-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

(CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh. Partial label. Exhibition?)
WALDEN SCHOOL, New York. "Tenth Annual Art Exhibition and Sale," 28 October-1 November.
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.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Aspects of Color: Works on Paper from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1983-1985," unpublished checklist, no. 14. Tour: MUHLENBERG COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 28 May-3 July 1983; CHRYSLER MUSEUM, Norfolk, Virginia, 17 September-23 October; MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHWEST, Midland, Texas, 12 November-12 February 1984; NEWCOMB COLLEGE, TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, 3 March-8 April; TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Savannah, Georgia, 28 April-3 June; MONTERREY PENINSULA MUSEUM OF ART, California, 23 June-29 July; LAGUNA BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, California, 18 August-23 September; LOWE ART MUSEUM, Coral Gables, Florida, 13 October-18 November; LAUREN ROGERS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF ART, Laurel, Mississippi, 8 December 1984-13 January 1985; OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART, Oklahoma City, 2 February-9 March; ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM, Alexandria, Louisiana, 29 March-4 May.
CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM. "The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect," 27 November 1985-2 March 1986. Tour: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 17 April-8 June; PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, 26 June-28 September.
FUNDACIO ANTONI TAPIES, Barcelona. "Franz Kline and the Structure of Identity," 17 March-5 June 1994. Tour: WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY, London, 8 July-11 September; CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA, Madrid, 27 September-21 November; SAARLAND MUSEUM, Saarbrucken, Germany, 11 December 1994-5 February 1995.
CASTELLO DI RIVOLI MUSEO D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Torino, Italy. "Franz Kline," 18 October 2004-30 January 2005, ill. p. 249.

Published References

GAUGH, HARRY F. The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline (New York: Abbeville Press and Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985), p. 20, no. 12.
ATHEARN, ROBERT G. and MEDIA PROJECTS INC. American Heritage Illustrated History of the United States: Decade of Cold War, vol. 16 (New York: Choice Publishing, 1988), ill. p. 1374.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

(1957)

Accession Number

66.2743

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil and charcoal on paper

Dimensions

16 15/16 x 21 15/16 in. (43 x 55.7 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2150d6d31-a51b-4a9d-a202-6d1058f69644

Record ID

hmsg_66.2743

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