Contemporary Evening Auction
Contemporary Evening Auction
The Collector's Eye: Works from the Collection of Frances Wells Magee
Helen Frankenthaler
Black Touch
Auction Closed
May 19, 12:05 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collector's Eye: Works from the Collection of Frances Wells Magee
Helen Frankenthaler
1928 - 2011
Black Touch
acrylic on canvas
81 by 59 in.
205.7 by 149.9 cm.
Executed in 1965.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Mr. Robert and Mrs. Frances Wells Bernhard, New York (acquired from the above in 1965)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Mr. Robert and Mrs. Frances Wells Bernhard, New York (acquired from the above in 1965)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Max Kozloff, "Frankenthaler and Olitski," The Nation, 5 April 1965, p. 375
William Berkson, "Poet of the Surface," Arts Magazine, May - June 1965, p. 46
Henry Geldzahler, "An Interview with Helen Frankenthaler," Artforum, October 1965, p. 36, illustrated
Barbara Rose, Frankenthaler, New York, 1972, no. 151, n.p., illustrated
William Berkson, "Poet of the Surface," Arts Magazine, May - June 1965, p. 46
Henry Geldzahler, "An Interview with Helen Frankenthaler," Artforum, October 1965, p. 36, illustrated
Barbara Rose, Frankenthaler, New York, 1972, no. 151, n.p., illustrated
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, March - April 1965