Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Online Sale

Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection | Online Sale

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Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Helen Frankenthaler

Painted Book Cover #2

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September 30, 04:20 PM GMT

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15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Family Collection

Helen Frankenthaler

1928 - 2001


Painted Book Cover #2

signed (on the lateral edge); signed and numbered 2 (on the interior)

acrylic on canvas-bound book

11 by 11 ½ by 1 ¼ in.

27.9 by 29.2 by 3.2 cm.

Executed in 1971, this work is number 2 from a series of 62 unique hand-painted covers on the artist's monograph by Barbara Rose, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Harry N. Abrams, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1973)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1989, p. 242, other examples illustrated in color

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Helen Frankenthaler: Painted Book Covers, May - June 1973