Helen Frankenthaler, American, b. New York City, 1928–2011 Search this
Medium:
Oil, sand, plaster of paris, and coffee grounds on sized and primed canvas
Dimensions:
69 1/8 × 97 in. (175.6 × 246.4 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
(1950-1951)
Provenance:
The artist, New York, to 13 November 1980
Museum Purchase, 1980
Exhibition History:
TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY, New York. "Helen Frankenthaler," 12 November-3 December 1951.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," 22 May-21 September 1980, no. 18, color ill. p. 63.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983," 15 September-17 November 1983, no cat.
THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, DC. Extended loan to President and Mrs. Bush for display in the residence, August 2001-December 2008.
GAGOSIAN GALLERY, New York. “Painted on 21st Street: Helen Frankenthaler from 1950 to 1959,” 8 March-13 April 2013, cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.
Published References:
[HOLLIDAY, BETTY]. "Reviews and Previews: Helen Frankenthaler," Art News, vol. 50 (November 1951), p. 48.
[BRACH, PAUL]. "Fifty-Seventh Street in Review: Helen Frankenthaler," Art Digest, vol. 26 (1 December 1951), p. 18.
LANDAU, ELLEN. "Aspects of the Fifties," Art Journal 40 (Fall/Winter 1980), fig. 16, p. 388.
SWEENY, LOUISE. "Light fantastic: Artist pours moods on canvas," Arlington Heights Herald (5 October 1980), n. p.
SMITH, ROBERTA. "Report from Washington: The '50 Revisited, Not Revised," Art in America 68/9 (November 1980), p. 47, colorpl. p. 48.
ELDERFELD, JOHN. Frankenthaler (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989), ill. p. 32.
BROWN, JULIA and SUSAN CROSS. After "Mountains and Sea": Frankenthaler 1956-1959 (New York: Guggenheim, 1998), ill.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 171, pp. 188-189.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1980
