Wales

1966

Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    acrylic on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    overall: 287.5 x 114.4 cm (113 3/16 x 45 1/16 in.)
    framed: 290.5 x 117.5 x 5.2 cm (114 3/8 x 46 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.86.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anonymous gift 1981 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • The One Hundred and Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1968, no. 112.

1990

  • Künsterlinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts, Museum Wiesbaden, 1990, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2014

  • Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, no. 7, repro.

Bibliography

1989

  • Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: 106, repro. 107.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 184, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20196697

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