Savage Breeze

1974

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names
Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

Juda Rosenberg

Artist, American, active late 20th century

Bill Goldston

Artist, American, active late 20th century

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

The image shows a large irregular shape filled with reddish-brown texture, alongside patches of green and a vertical stripe of orange and yellow on the left edge. Thin white lines meander across the composition, creating a network of lines that could resemble rivers or contours on a map. The arrangement suggests layered terrain or geological formations like a diagram of a valley or hills seen from above.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Seven-color woodcut on Nepalese laminiated light brown hand-made paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 80 x 68.6 cm (31 1/2 x 27 in.)
    framed: 90.8 x 78.1 cm (35 3/4 x 30 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.38.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Williams College 1980, no. 51 Harrison 1996, no. 47

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

1993

  • Helen Frankenthaler: Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; San Diego Museum of Art; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 1993-1994, no. 28.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 132.

Bibliography

1980

  • Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979. New York: Harper & Row,1980.

1993

  • Fine, Ruth E. Helen Frankenthaler: Prints. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993: no. 28.

1996

  • Harrison, Pegram.Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1961-1994. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996: no 47.

Inscriptions

recto: below image at left in graphite: 18/31; below image at right in graphite: Frankenthaler '74; verso: none

Markings

recto: ULAE blindstamp at lower right

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65569153

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