id: 136571
accession number: 1961.134
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Black and White, 1954. Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962). Oil on yellow-beige wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper; sheet: 31.7 x 25.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.); secondary support: 32.4 x 26 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1961.134 © The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Black and White
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creation date: 1954
creation date earliest: 1954
creation date latest: 1954
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creditline: Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright: © The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America
technique: oil on yellow-beige wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 20th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 31.7 x 25.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 32.4 x 26 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
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description: yellow-beige wove paper, laid down on cream(3) wove paper (discolored)
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inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: kline
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inscription: verso of secondary support, signed, across top, in black ink: franz kline
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inscription: by artist, center left, in black ink: [arrow] / Top [underlined]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
title: Twentieth-Century American Drawing: Three Avant-Garde Generations
opening date: 1976-01-23T05:00:00
Twentieth-Century American Drawing: Three Avant-Garde Generations. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (January 23-March 21, 1976).
title: Brush Drawings
opening date: 1981-03-03T05:00:00
Brush Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981).
title: America Draws
opening date: 1984-12-28T05:00:00
America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).
title: The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect
opening date: 1985-11-27T05:00:00
The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1985-March 2, 1986); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA (June 26-September 28, 1986).
title: Abstract Expressionism: Other Dimensions
opening date: 1989-10-26T04:00:00
Abstract Expressionism: Other Dimensions. Terra Museum of American Art (January 23-March 11, 1990); Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ (organizer) (March 25-June 13, 1990).
title: Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
opening date: 1991-04-02T05:00:00
Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00
American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Sidney Janis Gallery, New York)
date: after 1954-by 1957
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(Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: after 1957-1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961-
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1961." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 9 (1961)
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url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473.
Richards, Louise S. "Three Contemporary Drawings." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 3 (March 1962): 55-59.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 58-59
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Klee, Paul, Pavel Tchelitchew, Franz Kline, and Louise S. Richards. "Three Contemporary Drawings." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 3 (1962)
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url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142499.
Henning, E.B. "Two New Contemporary Sculptures." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54 (September 1967): 219-227.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 223
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Henning, E.B. "Some Modern Paintings: Franz Kline Accent Grave." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56 (February 1969): 62-68.
page number: Mentioned: p. 62; Reproduced: p. 63
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Twentieth-Century American Drawing: Three Avant-Garde Generations. Exh. Cat. New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1976.
page number: Mentioned: p. 73, no. 116
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Meder, Joseph. The Mastery of Drawings. Vol. 2. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
page number: Mentioned: p. 302; Reproduced: pl. 309
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Gaugh, Harry F. The Vital Gesture: Franz Kline in Retrospect. Exh. Cat. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1985.
page number: Mentioned: p. 160; Reproduced: pl. 160
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Wechsler, Jeffrey. Abstract Expressionism: Other Dimensions. Exh. Cat. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1989.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 45, no. 53
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DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 272-273, p. 298; Reproduced: p. 273
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