
Art Institute of Chicago
Study for Cupola (final state)
Franz Kline · 1960
Provenance
Ownership history
- The Williams Companies Art Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Sept. 1994 [frame labels]. Sold by Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, to Irving Stenn Jr., Chicago, Feb. 28, 2003; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Whitney Museum of Art, Franz Kline: Black & White, 1950–1961, Dec. 16, 1994–Mar. 5, 1995, cat. 45; also the Menil Collection, Houston, Sept. 8–Nov. 27, 1994; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Mar. 25–June 4, 1995.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection, Oct. 19, 2011–Feb. 26, 2012.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Family Collection, June 28 - September 15, 2025.
Literature
Published references
- Harry F. Gaugh, Franz Kline (New York: Abbeville Press, 1985) p. 146, no. 146 (ill.).
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