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Orange Hoop

1965

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names

Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

The image displays an abstract composition with simple shapes and bold colors. A large irregular green shape is in the center, surrounded by an orange-red arch-like outline. Beneath the green form are two small pale olive green triangular shapes on each side. The shapes are positioned against a plain background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph (stone) in orange, green and yellow on Auvergne a la main paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number

1976.56.33
Catalogue Raisonné

Williams College 1980, no. 7 Harrison 1996, no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

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

1996

Harrison, Pegram.Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1961-1994. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996: no 7.

Wikidata ID

Q65569159

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