Artist Monograph

Franz Kline, American

American, 1910–1962

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	5	55.6%
Drawing	3	33.3%
Etching	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	55.6%
Painting & Sculpture	4	44.4%

Classification Types

Painting — 4
Drawing — 4
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	22.2%
Large (1–3 m)	4	44.4%

Range: 27.9 cm → 271.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1951	1
1963	1
1969	2
1977	1
1983	1
1999	1
2015	1
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Chief Painting Acc. 2.1952	1950	Oil on canvas	58 3/8" x 6' 1 1/2" (148.3 x 186.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Solinger
Untitled Drawing Acc. 670.2015	1951	Ink on telephone book page on board	11 1/4 x 9" (28.6 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Irwin Berman in memory of his wife Linda Berman
Untitled II Drawing Acc. 309.1983	c. 1952	Ink and oil on cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper on board	11 x 9" (28.1 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing related to Painting No. 2 Drawing Acc. 361.2018	1954	Ink on printed paper	8 7/8 × 11" (22.5 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rufus and Elisabeth Zogbaum in honor of Frank O'Hara and Kynaston McShine
Painting Number 2 Painting Acc. 236.1969	1954	Oil on canvas	6' 8 1/2" x 8' 11" (204.3 x 271.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen and Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Rosenbaum Funds
White Forms Painting Acc. 413.1977	1955	Oil on canvas	6' 2 3/8" x 50 1/4" (188.9 x 127.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
In-text plate from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.9	1960	Photogravure from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 8 3/8 × 14 7/16" (21.2 × 36.7 cm); page: 16 7/8 × 19 11/16" (42.8 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes
Untitled (Study for Mahoning II) Drawing Acc. 133.1999	1960	Ink on paper on board	14 1/2 x 15 3/4" (36.8 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Richard E. Salomon and purchase through the Vincent D'Aquila and Harry Soviak Bequest Fund
Le Gros Painting Acc. 620.1967	1961	Oil on canvas	41 3/8 x 52 5/8" (105 x 133.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection