Zinc Yellow
Artist
Franz Kline
(American, 1910 - 1962)
CultureAmerican
Date1959
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 93 1/4 x 79 1/2 in. (236.9 x 201.9 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated on the reverse: FRANZ KLINE ;
'59
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.666
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223
Label TextFranz Kline American, 1910–1962 Zinc Yellow, 1959 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.666ProvenanceSidney Janis, Ltd., New York, 1960; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. for Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"The Controversial Century, 1850-1950, Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Provincetown, MA, June 16 - September 3, 1962; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, September 28 - November 4, 1962. (Exh. cat. not paged) "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. (Exh. cat. 209, 220) "The Color Abstractions of Franz Kline," The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., February 17 - April 8, 1979; The Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Tex., May 4 - July 1, 1979; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Calif., July 17 - September 9, 1979; Seattle Art Museum, Wash., September 27 - November 25, 1979. "American Painting 1930-1980," Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, November 14, 1981 - January 30, 1982. "Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., September 19 - November 29, 1987. (Exh. cat. no. 26) Published ReferencesCharles F. Comfort and William S.A. Dale, _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Mass., 1962. *Image turned in wrong direction* Katherine Kuh, "The Fine Arts: In and Out with Art," _Saturday Review_ 49 (August 27, 1966): 43. Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 209, 220. _Franz Kline: The Color Abstractions_, exh. cat., The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 7. Tom Armstrong, _Amerikanische Malerei, 1930-1980_, exh. cat., Haus der Kunst, München, Germany, 1981, 180-181, no. 200. Monica M. Hamm, "Tidewater's Champion of the Arts," _Arts in Virginia_ 22, no. 1 (1982): 20. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_, (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 105. Joyce M. Szabo, "New Accession: Study for Zinc Yellow," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_ 15 (July 1985): not paged. Michael Auping, _Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments_, exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., 1987, no. 26. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1991), 190, no. 144. ISBN: 0-940744-59-7, 0-940744-62-7 Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, _Franz Kline, 1910-1962_, exh. cat., Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy, 2004, 372. Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 218-220, no. 134. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 79, fig. 91.
