Tribal Sign

1987

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names
Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Publisher

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Printer

Roger Campbell

Printer, British, born 1944

Lee Funderburg

Printer, American, born 1953

Kenneth Tyler

Printer, American, born 1931

The image is a rectangular composition with vertical lines and various textured areas in a mix of bleeding colors. There is a thick border of black and rusty brown lines irregularly framing the upper and left edges. The central area has streaks of rusty red and textures resembling sand or wood grain, creating a layered appearance. An arching green line curves within this space. The contrasts in the artwork give it a dynamic and earthy feel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on pink TGL paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

  • Dimensions

    image and sheet: 60.5 × 46.4 cm (23 13/16 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.35.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Harrison 1996, no. 132

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sotheby's, New York, sale, November 1, 2003, lot 543); acquired at sale by Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner, New York, 2003; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Harrison, Pegram.Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1961-1994. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996: no 132.

Inscriptions

"Frankenthaler '83" lower right margin, graphite. "AP 6/11" lower left margin, graphite. "HF84-751" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

Tyler Graphics chop, lower right margin.

Watermarks

None.

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