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Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
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Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)

The Bay

Fermé1 March 2018

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Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
The Bay
signed and dated 'Frankenthaler 3/57' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'Frankenthaler "The Bay" 3/57' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1957.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1958

Note du spécialiste

"In making a painting, you have to allow for the awareness in you that is not fully conscious, allowing for the disorder or chaos that is not yet order, the kind of chaos sometimes expressed in dreams." - Helen Frankenthaler