Helen Frankenthaler
(American, 1928 – 2011)
Pompeii
1976
Drypoint, etching, sugar-lift, soft-ground and aquatint
Edition of 42
Signed, dated, annotated and inscribed in pencil
Sheet: 30 3/4 x 22 1/8 inches (78.1 x 56.2 cm)
Price on request
Drypoint, etching, sugar-lift etching, soft-ground etching and aquatint printed in five colors from three copper plates, a fine, fresh impression, the full sheet, printed on White CM Fabriano Classico paper, with margins, hand-signed, dated, annotated and dedicated in pencil by the artist, executed in an edition of 42 examples (this is the lone Printer’s Proof – there were also 5 Artist’s Proofs, 14 Trial Proofs and 3 Working Proofs), printed and published by Donn H. Steward, Halesite, New York, a slight pressure line, approximately 6 inches in the plate, primarily noticeable from the verso and more than likely occurring during the printing process, some faint time-staining at the edges, otherwise in very, very fine condition, unframed.
Exhibited:
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979, 11 April – 11 May, 1980, no.57, another example.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979, 16 September – 19 October 1980, no.57, another example.
Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979, 09 November – 22 December 1980, no.57, another example.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979,
14 February – 29 March 1981, no.57, another example.
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979, 21 November 1981 – 18 January 1982, no.57, another example.
Literature:
Harrison, Pegram with an introduction by Suzanne Boorsch. Helen Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné, Prints 1961-1994, 1996, New York, Abrams, pp.214-219, no.53, illustrated (another example).
Krens, Thomas, with Ned Hawkins, Vivian Patterson and Susan Earle. Helen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979. 1980, Williams College with Harper & Row, pp.107-108, no.57, illustrated (another example).
Collections:
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
Frankenthaler Foundation, New York
Note:
The plate size of this work is 21 1/2 x 13 inches (54.6 x 33 cm).