Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Eternal Style: A Private American Collection
Helen Frankenthaler
Jovian Atmosphere
Auction Closed
May 20, 10:17 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Eternal Style: A Private American Collection
Helen Frankenthaler
1928 - 2011
Jovian Atmosphere
signed Frankenthaler (upper right); signed Frankenthaler and dated 1974 (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
58⅛ by 158⅜ in.
147.6 by 402.3 cm.
Executed in 1974.
Acquired from the above in December 1975 by the present owner
Benjamin Forgey, “Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings, 1969–1974,” Washington Star, April 27, 1975, p. H25
Barbara Guest, “Helen Frankenthaler: The Moment and the Distance,” Arts Magazine, April 1975, p. 59
Mimi Crossley, “Helen Frankenthaler,” Arts Magazine, February 1977, p. 4
Michael Greenwood, “Toronto: Helen Frankenthaler,” artscanada 32, no. 2 (June 1975), p. 97