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Property from the Nassau County Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit Collections Care

Helen Frankenthaler

Tight Rope

Session begins in

September 27, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Bid

350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Nassau County Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit Collections Care

Helen Frankenthaler

1928 - 2011


Tight Rope

signed and dated '69 (center right); signed, titled, dated 1969 and inscribed For Barbara Guest Higgins (on the strainer)

acrylic on canvas

68 ½ by 58 ½ in.

174 by 148.6 cm.

Executed in 1969.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Private Collection, (acquired from the above in 1970)

André Emmerich Gallery and Greenberg Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1978)

Shirley and Rubin Garfinkel, New York (acquired from the above in 1979)

Acquired as a gift from the above in 2000 by the present owner

Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting, March - July 2015

Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Master Class: Hans Hofmann, January - June 2018

Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, FEM, November 2020 - April 2021