Lot 340
  • 340

Helen Frankenthaler

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Helen Frankenthaler
  • April IX
  • signed
  • oil on paper
  • 16 5/8 by 14 in.
  • 42.2 by 35.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1963.

Provenance

André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Collection of Rosalind Constable, Sante Fe

Literature

Karen Wilkin, Frankenthaler Works on Paper 1949-1984, New York, 1984, p. 66, fig. 15, illustrated

Condition

In good condition aside from discoloration to sheet. Staining from tape mount on all four corners. Sheet slighty rippled (as a result from medium). VERSO: tape on bottom corners no longer adhered to mount. Andre Emmerich stamp in middle and Andre Emmerich label affixed to upper center. Mount backed with cardboard. Acid mat.
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