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Shovel

A work made of brush and black ink, with oil staining, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wood pulp laminate board.
© 2018 The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • A work made of brush and black ink, with oil staining, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wood pulp laminate board.

Date:

1958

Artist:

Franz Kline
American, 1910-1962

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Franz Kline

Title

Shovel

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1958

Medium

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

Dimensions

33.2 × 29.7 cm (13 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Solomon Byron Smith

Reference Number

1986.1602

Copyright

© 2018 The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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