Franz Kline
Untitled (Study for Wotan)

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Artist Franz Kline (American, 1910–1962)American, 1910–1962

CultureAmerican

Titles

Untitled (Study for Wotan)

Date1950

PlaceUnited States

MediumInk and oil on newsprint

DimensionsSheet: 5 7/16 × 8 9/16 in. (13.8 × 21.7 cm)
Mount: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 in. (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Frame: 14 7/8 × 19 7/8 × 1 1/16 in. (37.8 × 50.5 × 2.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number96.848

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", The Museum of Fine Arts,Houston, April 13, 2001 - September 3, 2001, Upper Brown Pavilion.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Labels verso of backboard. "Marlborough Marlborough Gerson Gallery Inc. 41 East 57th Street New York 22 Plaza 8-5353 Year 1952". Yellow label, "Your Art is protected by a clear sheet of safe, Shatterproof, Plexiglass. TO Clean, USE a Mixture of Alcohol and Water on a Wad of Absorbent Cotton, DO NOT USE Scouring Powders, Soaps, Glass Cleaners containing amnonia or Harsh Rags". "C & M Arts 45 East 78 Street New York 10021 Franz Kline Untitled (Study for Wotan) 1950 water-based paints on paper 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches AR10-274". " A.P.F., Inc. Framemakers & Consercators 601 West 26th Street Showroom 35 East 76th Street at the Carlyle Hotel New York City". "Franz Kline: art i estructura de la indentitat Fundació Antoni Tàpies Barcelona, 17 març-5 juny 1994 Untitled (Study for Wotan) 1950 oli i gouache sobre paper de diari 14 x 21, 6 cm Arthur E. Smith, Nova York, NY Cat. num. 11".

The work is not signed or dated.

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