Contemporary Art Day Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
Helen Frankenthaler
Giant Step
Auction Closed
November 17, 06:59 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Helen Frankenthaler
1928 - 2011
Giant Step
signed and dated 1975 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
93 by 159 in. 236.2 by 406.4 cm.
framed: 94 1/2 by 160 1/2 in. 240 by 407.7 cm.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Judith Selkowitz Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Corporate Collection (acquired from the above in 1980)
Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, Lot 356
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Judith Selkowitz Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Corporate Collection (acquired from the above in 1980)
Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, Lot 356
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Art International/Art Spectrum, Vol. XX/2-3, February - March 1976, p. 63
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1989, p. 267, illustrated in color
Katy Siegel, Ed., "The Heroine Paint:" After Frankenthaler, New York 2015, pp. 164-165, illustrated in color
Martha Buskirk, "Subversive Color at the Rose Art Museum," Hyperallergic, 30 May 2015, illustrated in color
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1989, p. 267, illustrated in color
Katy Siegel, Ed., "The Heroine Paint:" After Frankenthaler, New York 2015, pp. 164-165, illustrated in color
Martha Buskirk, "Subversive Color at the Rose Art Museum," Hyperallergic, 30 May 2015, illustrated in color