The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A vertically oriented drawing features hundreds of small, black paintstick squiggles and coiled loops extending across a white page in a loose grid. Each mark is distinct, with even blank space between it and the next. The textured, twisted lines cover the surface in approximately twenty horizontal rows. The white paper has rough, uneven edges, contrasting with the dense arrangement of dark, high-contrast marks.

Cleveland Mural Drawing # 2, November 15, 2003

2003

Martin Kline

(American, b. 1961)
America
black paintstick (Intense Carbon Black Series 2 Pigment Stick, linseed oil and natural waxes, R&F Handmade Paints Mfg.)
Sheet: 104.4 x 66 cm (41 1/8 x 26 in.)
Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro 2005.64
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This drawing was one of three created during a weekend-long demonstration by the artist at the museum in support of the exhibition Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection.
  • 2003
    Martin Kline (the artist) [1961-], Rhinebeck, NY
    June 6, 2005
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.64