Lot 138
  • 138

Helen Frankenthaler

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
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Description

  • Helen Frankenthaler
  • White Beside
  • signed; titled and dated Feb-73 on the stretcher
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 47 1/4 by 113 1/8 in. 120 by 287.3 cm.

Provenance

David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Toronto, David Mirvish Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler: Recent Paintings, May - June 1973

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas exhibits minor scattered accretions. Additionally, the unprimed canvas has yellowed slightly with age. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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