HELEN FRANKENTHALER | ROYAL FIREWORKS

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June 29, 11:59 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD

Lot Details

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HELEN FRANKENTHALER

1928 - 2011

ROYAL FIREWORKS

signed and dated 1975 on the reverse

acrylic on canvas

60 by 157 in. 152.4 by 398.8 cm.

Please note this lot is subject to an irrevocable bid.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Private Collection, New York

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1993)

Christie's New York, 9 November 2011, Lot 711

Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Eleanor Munro, Originals: American Women Artists, New York 1979, p. 222 (text)

John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1989, p. 255 (text), pp. 268-269, illustrated in color, and p. 402 (text)

Michael Paglia, "Review: Declaration Is a Spectacular Display of Women's Work," Westword, 18 May 2016 (text) (online)

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler: New Paintings, November - December 1975, n.p., illustrated in color

Bennington, Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Helen Frankenthaler: Recent Paintings 1975-1978, April - May 1978, n.p., illustrated in color

Denver, Robischon Gallery, DECLARATION, April - June 2016