First Stone

1961

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names
Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

Robert Blackburn

Printer, American, 1920 - 2003

Universal Limited Art Editions

Publisher

This print contains swirling shapes and lines on an off-white background. On the left is a large, irregular, black form surrounded by vivid splashes of red. On the right is a blue shape containing dots of bright yellow. Surrounding these two main shapes are additional wavy lines and irregular splotches in black, red, and blue.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Five-color lithograph on Arches Satine paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 55.9 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in.)
    framed: 77.2 x 94.9 cm (30 3/8 x 37 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.869

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Williams College 1980, no. 1 Harrison 1996, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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. 2.

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. 2.

1996

  • Harrison, Pegram.Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1961-1994. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996: no 1.

Wikidata ID

Q65508748

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