Painted Newsprint

Inscription: Signed and dated twice (lower center): 50 KLINE; (lower right) 48 KLINE; signed and dated (verso): Franz Kline 1948

[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, until 1959; sold in February 1959 to Jaffe]; Mr. and Mrs. William B. Jaffe, New York (1959–64; their gift to MMA)

Washington, D.C. Washington Gallery of Modern Art. "Franz Kline: Memorial Exhibition," October 30–December 27, 1962, no. 38 (as "Painted News Print," lent by Mr. William B. Jaffe, New York).

Waltham, Mass. Poses Institute of Fine Arts, Brandeis University. "Franz Kline: Memorial Exhibition," January 21–March 10, 1963, no. 38.

Baltimore Museum of Art. "Franz Kline: Memorial Exhibition," April 14–May 20, 1963, no. 38.

Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 25–December 31, 1977, no. 27 (as "Painted News Print").

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 26 (as "Papier Journal Peint").

Atlanta. High Museum of Art. "Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 26–April 4, 1993, no. 19.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 4–September 12, 1993, extended to November 7, 1993, no. 19.

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. "Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 11–June 4, 1995, no. 19.

Museo de Zaragoza. "Goya y el mundo moderno," December 18, 2008–March 8, 2009, no. 234.

Helen A. Harrison. Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N. Y., 1977, p. 33, no. 27, ill., dates it 1948.

Helen A. Harrison in La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 26, ill., reprints Ref. Harrison 1977.

Lisa Mintz Messinger. Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., High Museum of Art, Atlanta. New York, 1992, pp. 55–56, 58–59, fig. 19 (color), notes that this work demonstrates the artist's use of painted white areas to dominate the muted black lines.

Holland Cotter. "Abstract Expressionism: The Lighter, Quieter Side." New York Times (June 4, 1993), p. C24.

Lisa Messinger. Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, 1995, p. 42, no. 19, ill. p.44 (color).