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Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
Lot 240 PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT VALID NUTRITION

Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)

Untitled

Closed26 June 2013

Price Realised

GBP 64,275

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Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Frankenthaler 69' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 x 8¼in. (58.4 x 20.9cm.)
Painted in 1969

A gift from the artist, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

'Colour can be beautiful in terms of how it moves; yet it remains in place. If colour doesn't move in space, it is only decorative'
(H. Frankenthaler, quoted by J. Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1989, p.184).