Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from the Estate of Gerald McCue

Helen Frankenthaler

St. John

Guaranteed PropertyIrrevocable Bids

Session begins in

May 15, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Bid

1,400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Gerald Mallon McCue

Helen Frankenthaler

1928 - 2011


St. John

signed and dated 71 (lower left); titled and dated 1971 (on the stretcher)

acrylic on canvas

110 ¾ by 65 ⅞ in.

281.3 by 167.3 cm.

Executed in 1971.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

M. Knoedler & Co., New York

Acquired from the above in March 1980 by the present owner

Toronto, David Mirvish Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, May 1971

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, November - December 1971

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Twelve American Painters, September - October 1974, p. 32 and p. 34, illustrated

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery; Seattle Art Museum and Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings 1969-1974, April - November 1975, no. 8, illustrated

Kermit Champa, "New Work of Helen Frankenthaler," Artforum, Vol. 10, No. 5, January 1972, p. 55, illustrated

Mimi Crossley, "Don't Take Her for Granted," Houston Post, 19 October 1975, p. 32

Barbara Guest, "Helen Frankenthaler: The Moment and the Distance," Arts Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 8, April 1975, p. 59