  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  Like his friend Willem de Kooning, Kline used abstraction to commemorate specific people, places, or events. Dynamic line and powerful brushstrokes loaded with paint reduce his compositions to a few large forms. Both the white and black areas seem to project from the work with equal force; this dramatic surface tension releases and yet controls the energy of his process. Kline's dialogue of black and white in Siskind evokes the abstract photographs of Aaron Siskind, his close friend, to whom this work is dedicated.
  
  
  Title
  Siskind
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1958
  
  Artist
  Franz Kline
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1910-1962
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  American
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 80 &Atilde;&#151; 111 inches (203.2 &Atilde;&#151; 281.9 cm)
  Framed: 81 1/2 &Atilde;&#151; 112 1/2 &Atilde;&#151; 2 3/8 inches (207 &Atilde;&#151; 285.8 &Atilde;&#151; 6 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  Contemporary Art after 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
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  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  65.7
  
  
  Copyright
  Restricted
  
  
  
