Sure Violet

1979

Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

Rodney Konopaki

Technical Collaborator, Canadian, active late 20th century

Steve Reeves

Technical Collaborator, American

Lee Funderburg

Technical Collaborator, American, born 1953

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Twelve-color etching, aquatint, and drypoint on TGL hand-made paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Louis J. Hector

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 78.7 x 109.2 cm (31 x 43 in.)
    framed: 88.6 x 119.1 cm (34 7/8 x 46 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.113.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Williams College 1980, no. 70

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

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. 39.

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. 39.

Inscriptions

across bottom below image in graphite: 23/50 / Frankenthaler '79; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: HF77-382

Markings

BS: Tyler chop

Wikidata ID

Q74045814

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