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HELEN FRANKENTHALER | Gateway Screen (Harrison 154.2)
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Gateway Screen (Harrison 154.2)
- signed and numbered 2/12 on the right panel; incised with the artist's signature and date 86 on the left panel bronze
- etching, relief and aquatint printed in colors with hand-stenciling on three panels of handmade TGL paper, each panel encased in a hand-painted patinated cast bronze screen
- overall: 82 by 98 1/4 by 2 1/2 in. 208.3 by 249.6 by 6.4 cm.
- Executed in 1986-1988, this work is number 2 from an edition of 12.
Provenance
Meredith Long & Company, Houston
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1993
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1993
Literature
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1988, pp. 382-383, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good and sound condition overall. the colors are bright, fresh and clean. There is a very faint undulation to the right sheet. The left edge of the central sheet’s margin has discolored slightly with age. There is evidence of wear and handling including some minor and unobtrusive scratches to the Plexiglas and outer bronze areas, some of which have oxidized over time. A light dust has settled in some of the crevices.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"One has the feeling that her pictures are an environment into which we look, and, in a similar way, that it is an environment, a place, where she has been."
E.A. Carmean in Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Helen Frankenthaler: A Paintings Retrospective, 1989, p. 8
E.A. Carmean in Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Helen Frankenthaler: A Paintings Retrospective, 1989, p. 8