Lot 211
  • 211

Helen Frankenthaler

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Helen Frankenthaler
  • Sun Corner (From the Metropolitan Scene)
  • incised with the artist's signature, date '68 and number 41/50
  • silkscreen on aluminum
  • 36 by 36 in. 91.4 by 91.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1968, this work is number 41 from an edition of 50 plus 4 artist's proofs, published by Tanglewood Press, New York.

Provenance

Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1968

Literature

Pegram Harrison, Frankenthaler: A Catalog Raisonné, Prints 1961-1994, New York, 1996, cat. no. 12, pp. 90-91, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in fair condition overall. There is some light surface soiling throughout and a few minor accretions. There is a dent in the lower right of the composition and a smaller, soft dent in the upper right. There is a small surface scratch in the upper left. Framed.
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