Wales

1966

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names
Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

This painting displays large sections of color with fluid, irregular edges. In the center is a vertical expanse of pale yellow, roughly in the shape of a rectangle but with some dips along the edges. This main shape is bordered on the left by smaller patches of deep green and bright blue. Strips of light purple line the right side and the space below the yellow shape, and an arc of dark brown crosses the bottom right corner, the yellow still visible beneath it. At the very bottom is a line of white, and there is also some white in places where the other colors meet. The brushstrokes within the sections are uneven, creating slight variation in tone.
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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 Number

    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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