HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)

Lot 176
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ID 949867
Lot 176 | HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)
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HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)

The First of the Year

signed and dated 'Frankenthaler '76' (on the reverse)

acrylic on canvas

72 x 138 in. (182.9 x 350.5 cm.)

Painted in 1976.





Provenance

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

Private collection, California, 1987

Anon. sale; Christie's, Los Angeles, 6 June 2001, lot 32

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

E. C. Goossen, “Helen Frankenthaler: Notes on Some Recent Painting,” Bennington Review, no. 1, 1978, pp. 47 and 61 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Vermont, Bennington College, Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler: Recent Painting 1975-1978, 1978, n.p. (illustrated).



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