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Accent Grave
1955
Franz Kline
Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962)
American Painting and Sculpture
Accent Grave, 1955. Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962). Oil on canvas; framed: 196 x 136 x 5 cm (77 3/16 x 53 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 191.1 x 131.4 cm (75 1/4 x 51 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1967.3 © The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Although Kline’s paintings look like variations on Asian calligraphy, the artist denied the influence.
- Maker/Artist
- Kline, Franz
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 196 x 136 x 5 cm (77 3/16 x 53 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 191.1 x 131.4 cm (75 1/4 x 51 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1967.3
- Credit Line
- Anonymous Gift
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1967, Franz Kline, 1910-1962, Works from the Contemporary Collection, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976, The Fifties: Painting in New York 1950 - 1960, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, Franz Kline: Art and the Structure of Identity, Franz Kline (1910-1962): A Survey of Works, Once Upon a Time in America, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958-1959: The New American Painting, cat. no. 37, repr. p. 51., Whitney Museum of American Art, 1968: Retrospective - Work of Franz Kline, October 1-November 30, 1968., CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969, Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery, 1976: Heritage and Horizons: American Paintings 1776-1976, cat. no. 53, repr.<br>(also to Detroit Institute of Arts, 1976, and Toledo Museum of Art, 1976, and to CMA, 1976., Washington, DC, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1980: The Fifties: Painting in New York 1950-1960, cat. no. 35, repr. p. 78., Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, November 29, 1985-March 2, 1986; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, June 26-October 5, 1986: The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect., CMA, September 16-November 8, 1987: Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, cat. no. 45, p. 134, repr., Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy (10/18/2004 - 1/30/2005): "Franz Kline (1910-1962): A Survey of Works", p. 222-223
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
- Museum Location
- 227 Abstract Expressionism
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