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Helen Frankenthaler
Renaissance1971

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Horizontal abstract painting with a deep wine-crimson field surrounding a loosely defined earth-toned rectangular form, with a pale blue-white band along the bottom edge

Helen Frankenthaler, Renaissance, 1971, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Museum Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Helen Frankenthaler
United States, New York, active New York City, 1928-2011
Title
Renaissance
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1971
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
92 1/2 x 163 in. (234.95 x 414.02 cm)
Credit Line
Art Museum Council Fund
Accession Number
M.81.95
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Line into Color, Color into Line: Helen Frankenthaler, Paintings 1962-1987. Beverly Hills: Gagosian Gallery, 2016.
  • Elderfield, John. Frankenthaler. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989.
  • Elderfield, John. Frankenthaler: Revised and Expanded Edition. New York: Gagosian, 2024.
Copyright
© Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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