The Ginny Williams Collection Evening Sale
The Ginny Williams Collection Evening Sale
The Ginny Williams Collection
HELEN FRANKENTHALER | ROYAL FIREWORKS
Auction Closed
June 29, 11:59 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
Lot Details
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.
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)