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Shovel by Franz Kline — VisualArtsDB

Shovel

Shovel

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.)
Genre: brush and ink
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkprints and drawingorganic materialbrush and inkcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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