Helen Frankenthaler
Door

CultureAmerican

Titles

Door

Date1976–1979

Published inWest Islip, New York, United States

Printed inWest Islip, New York, United States

MediumLithograph in colors on handmade blue wove paper, edition 26/34

DimensionsImage: 22 7/8 × 30 7/8 in. (58.1 × 78.4 cm)
Sheet: 28 × 41 1/2 in. (71.1 × 105.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Janie C. Lee

Object number83.116

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Textures of Place: Selections from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 10, 2017–February 4, 2018.

"Making Contact," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, bottom left corner: 26/34

Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, bottom right corner: Helen Frankenthaler / '76-'79

Recto: Chopmark, below image, bottom left corner: [ULAE]
Recto: Watermark, left lower edge: HANDMADE
Recto: Watermark, center lower edge: J WHATMAN 1927 ENGLAND

Catalogue raisonnéHarrison 73

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