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Artists›Franz Kline

Franz Kline

1910–1962

WA-00003812

PaintingExpressionismAbstract Expressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ374492

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated+1· 88%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%

Source Registry (5)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/franz-kline
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/franz-kline
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/franz-kline
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3148
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Franz Kline yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

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Untitled

1961 · Oil on canvas

81 1/8 in. × 12 ft. 5 3/4 in. × 1 1/2 in. (206.1 × 380.4 × 3.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Meryon

1960 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 2359 x 1956 mm frame: 2404 x 2000 x 47 mm

Tate

Study for Cupola (final state)

1960 · Brush and black ink, with blue ballpoint pen and touches of white oil paint, on buff wove paper (pieced), laid down on cream wove paper

27.3 × 35.7 cm (10 3/4 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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21 Etchings and Poems

1960 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Poem

1960 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chicago

1959 · Brush and black ink, white oil paint, and charcoal on off-white wove paper

22.9 × 29.8 cm (9 1/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shovel

1958 · Brush and black ink, with oil staining, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wood pulp laminate board

33.2 × 29.7 cm (13 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Accent Grave

1955 · 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.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Black and White

1954 · 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.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

1953 · Ink on printed telephone book paper

11 × 8 3/4 in. (27.9 × 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting

1952 · Oil on canvas

195.6 × 254 cm (77 × 100 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

1952 · Ink on printed telephone book paper

11 × 8 3/4 in. (27.9 × 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1950 · Brush and black ink on paper

18 1/16 × 20 15/16 in. (45.8 × 53.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Nijinsky

1950 · Oil on canvas

46 in. × 35 1/4 in. (116.8 × 89.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1949 · Brush and black ink, with white oil paint, on cream wove paper

49.8 × 71.1 cm (19 5/8 × 28 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Painted Newsprint

1948 · Oil paint on newspaper, mounted on gessoed Masonite

30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Kitzker

1941 · Oil on canvas

19 × 27 in. (48.3 × 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

17 published of 26 catalogued · 15 with image

The Met
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
Tate
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 9 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Accent Grave
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Poem
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Meryon
1960 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Black and White
1954 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
21 Etchings and Poems
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

10 assets

Wikipedia

Artsy

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Relationships

Peers & Context20

Carl Andreco-exhibited Richard Artschwagerco-exhibited Francis Baconco-exhibited Willem de Kooningco-exhibited Walter De Mariaco-exhibited Damien Hirstco-exhibited

Movements2

Expressionism Abstract Expressionism

Collections7

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Boston University

Visual Arts

Girard College

Visual Arts

Network

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Imageless Icons: Abstract Thoughts

2005