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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Persian Garden

1965/1966

Helen Frankenthaler

Associated Names

Helen Frankenthaler

Artist, American, 1928 - 2011

The image shows a large irregular brown shape with soft edges. Above it, there is a narrow dark greyish-blue band. Below the brown shape is a bright blue elongated streak. The colors and forms create a balanced and abstract composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

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

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

1976.56.34
Catalogue Raisonné

Williams College 1980, no. 8 Harrison 1996, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

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 8.

Wikidata ID

Q65569160

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