Object number2013.34.10

Helen Frankenthaler

Date1989

Artist Arnold Newman (American, 1918-2006)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print, printed later

DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (25.1 x 32.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Greenberg in honor of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, class of 1989

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, center [vertically]: 7463-5; lower center edge: PF82345; lower left corner: FLLAC 2013.34.10 208

MarkingsOn verso, stamped center: © ARNOLD NEWMAN / THIS PHOTOGRAPH CANNOT BE COPIED / TELEVISED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM / WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED AND WRITTEN / PERMISSION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER. / CAN BE USED FOR EXHIBIT PURPOSES ONLY. / [?]9 WEST 67th ST., N.Y.C. 10023

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DescriptionA black and white image of a woman, Helen Frankenthaler, leaning against a wall with her hands in her painter's smock and one leg crossed in front of the other as she gazes out at the viewer. The majority of the lower half of the image is taken up by a painted canvas laying horizontally. Visible in the background are two small pictures taped to the wall at right.

Terms

female

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