Object number2021.27.26
Southwest Blues
Date1969
Artist
Helen Frankenthaler
(American, 1928 - 2011)
CultureAmerican
MediumLithograph from three stones, printed in blue, purple, and violet on Angoumois à la main paper
EditionEdition 12 of 19 plus 4 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs, 2 hors de commerce impressions, 13 trial proofs, 16 working proofs
DimensionsImage: 24 x 18 1/2 in. (61 x 47 cm)
Credit LineGift of Neil Peter Jampolis and Jane Reisman Jampolis, class of 1959
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower left edge in pencil: Frankenthaler
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower left edge in pencil: '69 12/19; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower right edge: 3240 / Southwest Blues 12/19 24x18 1/2 $250; lower left edge: FLLAC 2021.27.26
MarkingsOn recto, blind stamped upper left corner: ULAE [LAE within elongated U, Universal Limited Art Editions' blind stamp]
Catalogue raisonnéHarrison 15BibliographyFrankenthaler, Helen. Helen Frankenthaler Prints, 1961-1979. 1st ed. New York: Published in association with Williams College, Artist-in-Residence Program by Harper & Row, 1980, cat. 16; Harrison, Pegram and Helen Frankenthaler. Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1961-1994. New York: Abrams, 1996, cat. 15 DescriptionPainterly strokes of blue and purple in lower left corner, reminiscent of watercolor.
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