Harvard Art Museums > 1959.17: Composition Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Composition (Franz Kline) , 1959.17,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228206. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1959.17 People Franz Kline, American (Wilkes-Barre, PA 1910 - 1962 New York, NY) Title Composition Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1952 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228206 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 136.8 x 86 cm (53 7/8 x 33 7/8 in.) framed: 138.8 x 88 x 4.5 cm (54 5/8 x 34 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Inscr. on back: Franz Kline Egan Gallery Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Egan Gallery, New York, New York]. G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958 Copyright © The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1959 Object Number 1959.17 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Joseph T. Butler, "The American Way with Art", The Connoisseur, Connoisseur (September 1972), p. 54, fig. 3 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 159, ill. John Wilmerding, ed., The Genius of American Painting, William Morrow & Company (New York, 1973), ill. p. 291 Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 112, fig. 109 Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 205, cat. 235, ill. Exhibition History American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 New York School: From the First Generation, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/10/1975 - 01/06/1976 Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
