Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
The American Table: Works from the Collection of Barbara & Daniel Fendrick, Washington D.C.
Helen Frankenthaler
Painted Book Cover #4
Auction Closed
May 14, 09:30 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The American Table: Works from the Collection of Barbara & Daniel Fendrick, Washington D.C.
Helen Frankenthaler
1928 - 2011
Painted Book Cover #4
signed (on the lateral edge); signed and numbered 4 (on the interior)
acrylic on book cover
11 by 11 ½ in.
27.9 by 29.2 cm.
Executed in 1973, this work is number 4 from a series of 62 unique hand-painted covers on the artist's monograph by Barbara Rose.
Acquired directly from the artist in September 1973 by the present owner
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York, 1989, p. 242
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Toronto, David Mirvish Books on Art, Helen Frankenthaler: Painted Book Covers, May - June 1973, illustrated in color (on the cover)
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