Helen Frankenthaler, Acres
signed “Frankenthaler” lower right
oil on canvas
92 7/8 x 94 1/4 in. (235.9 x 239.4 cm)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Collection Mr. Steve Martin (acquired directly from the artist in the 1980s)
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York
Jacob and Sandra Terner, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in April 1995)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Jewish Museum, Helen Frankenthaler Paintings, January 26–March 2, 1960, no. 17, p. 9
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, March 28–April 23, 1960
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York, May 22–September 21, 1980, no. 59, pp. 102, 110 (illustrated, p. 102)
Centre d'Arts Plastiques Contemporains de Bordeaux, "Depuis la couleur" 1958/1964. Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, January 23–March 21, 1981, pp. 14, 19 (illustrated, p. 19)
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum; Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, After Mountains and Sea: Frankenthaler 1956-1959, January 16, 1998–January 31, 1999, no. 13, pp. 10, 78-79 (illustrated, p. 79; detail illustrated, p. 10)
Literature
Barbara Rose, Frankenthaler, New York, 1971, no. 64, p. 135 (illustrated)
Sarah Paley, “Hanging out with Steve Martin,” GQ, November 1983, vol. 53, pp. 210, 212 (Steve Martin with the present work in his home illustrated, p. 212)
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York, 1989, pp. 131, 137, 397, 438 (illustrated, p. 131)
Françoise S. Puniello and Halina R. Rusak, Abstract Expressionist Women Painters: An Annotated Bibliography, Maryland and London, 1996, p. 93
Roberta Smith, “Showing the Way to the Vanguard at 23,” The New York Times, January 16, 1998, p. B35 (detail illustrated)
Hilton Kramer, “Gaga Over Guggenheim’s Frankenthaler Exhibition,” Observer, February 2, 1998, online
Margaret Moorman, “Up Now: Helen Frankenthaler. Guggenheim Museum Through May 3,” ARTnews, vol. 97, no. 3, March 1998, p. 171
Alexander Nemerov, Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York, New York, 2021, pp. 192-193, 201
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signed “Frankenthaler” lower right
oil on canvas
92 7/8 x 94 1/4 in. (235.9 x 239.4 cm)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Collection Mr. Steve Martin (acquired directly from the artist in the 1980s)
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York
Jacob and Sandra Terner, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in April 1995)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Jewish Museum, Helen Frankenthaler Paintings, January 26–March 2, 1960, no. 17, p. 9
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, March 28–April 23, 1960
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York, May 22–September 21, 1980, no. 59, pp. 102, 110 (illustrated, p. 102)
Centre d'Arts Plastiques Contemporains de Bordeaux, "Depuis la couleur" 1958/1964. Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, January 23–March 21, 1981, pp. 14, 19 (illustrated, p. 19)
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum; Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, After Mountains and Sea: Frankenthaler 1956-1959, January 16, 1998–January 31, 1999, no. 13, pp. 10, 78-79 (illustrated, p. 79; detail illustrated, p. 10)
Literature
Barbara Rose, Frankenthaler, New York, 1971, no. 64, p. 135 (illustrated)
Sarah Paley, “Hanging out with Steve Martin,” GQ, November 1983, vol. 53, pp. 210, 212 (Steve Martin with the present work in his home illustrated, p. 212)
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York, 1989, pp. 131, 137, 397, 438 (illustrated, p. 131)
Françoise S. Puniello and Halina R. Rusak, Abstract Expressionist Women Painters: An Annotated Bibliography, Maryland and London, 1996, p. 93
Roberta Smith, “Showing the Way to the Vanguard at 23,” The New York Times, January 16, 1998, p. B35 (detail illustrated)
Hilton Kramer, “Gaga Over Guggenheim’s Frankenthaler Exhibition,” Observer, February 2, 1998, online
Margaret Moorman, “Up Now: Helen Frankenthaler. Guggenheim Museum Through May 3,” ARTnews, vol. 97, no. 3, March 1998, p. 171
Alexander Nemerov, Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York, New York, 2021, pp. 192-193, 201
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