The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 16, 2026

A horizontally oriented paintstick painting on canvas features a dense arrangement of circular forms. Frenetic, jagged lines spiral outward from central white voids, creating overlapping web-like patterns. Thick clusters of black pigment intermingle with repetitive rectangular marks and arcing lines. High contrast dominates where solid black shapes meet the white canvas. Layered, scratchy strokes splay across the wide surface, filling the composition with a rhythmic display of light and shadow.

Cleveland Mural 2003

2003

Martin Kline

(American, b. 1961)
America
paintstick on canvas
Overall: 165.8 x 57.9 cm (65 1/4 x 22 13/16 in.)
Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro 2005.62
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.62