Description
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.
Condition Report
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Saleroom Notice
Provenance
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
Literature
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)
Exhibited
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
