Flirting with Stone

1985 - 1990

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names
Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Publisher

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Printer

Lee Funderburg

Printer, American, born 1953

Kenneth Tyler

Printer, American, born 1931

The image contains bold, curving lines and block-like shapes against a dark background, creating an abstract composition. The curvilinear forms could suggest a figure or a doorway, while the blocks may resemble architectural elements or a window framework. There are splashes of white and muted color that appear throughout. The image evokes an abstract urban scenery with familiar structures blending into shadows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove Arches Cover paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

  • Dimensions

    image: 93.7 × 68.7 cm (36 7/8 × 27 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 102.8 × 79.8 cm (40 1/2 × 31 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.35.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harrison 1996, no. 171

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Harrison, Pegram.Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1961-1994. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996: no 171.

Inscriptions

"Frankenthaler '85 - '90" lower right margin, graphite. "AP 8/14" lower left margin, graphite. "HF85883" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

Tyler Graphics chop, lower right margin.

Watermarks

None.

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