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Art For Sale
Artist: Henry Diltz
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler - Tutti-Frutti Framed Print
Located in Central, HK
This print features a reproduction of Tutti-Frutti (1966) by Helen Frankenthaler. It's mounted and laminated for protection from dust and UV rays, and floated in a hand-stained, natu...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Helen Frankenthaler - Lush Spring Framed Print
Located in Central, HK
This print features a reproduction of Lush Spring (1975) by Helen Frankenthaler. It’s mounted and laminated for protection from dust and UV rays, and floated in a hand-stained, natur...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on the lear jet in 1979 during the New Barbarians tour. Signed and titled by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Grey Fireworks
Located in Houston, TX
Helen Frankenthaler Grey Fireworks, 2000 Screenprint 28 x 46 in (71.1 x 116.8 cm) A Printer's Proof (4/9) apart from the edition of 108 Hand signed by the artist in graphite [publi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Valentine for Mr. Wonderful
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler Title: Valentine for Mr. Wonderful Year: 1995 Medium: 7 Original color etchings, aquatint, engraving, and embossing printed from 11 copper plates and five...
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash, CA, 1969
Located in New York, NY
On the way up to Big Bear to photograph the inner spread of Crosby, Stills, and Nash's debut album. We rented a limo for the several hour ride. Joni came along to hang out with Graha...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Darker Palette poster (hand signed twice and inscribed by Frankenthaler)
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler Frankenthaler: The Darker Palette (Hand signed twice and inscribed), 1998 Offset Lithograph poster 42 × 35 in hand signed "Frankenthaler" lower left; inscribed an...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph

Acrobat (detail), Limited Edition Porcelain Plate in bespoke blue box - Abstract
Located in New York, NY
This porcelain/ceramic plate makes a gorgeous gift - in a bright blue bespoke box, ready to be gifted. Any fan of Helen Frankenthaler or Abstract Expressionist art would be thrilled!...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Porcelain, Screen, Cardboard, Mixed Media

Offset lithograph poster (Signed by both Helen Frankenthaler and Aaron Copland)
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler Pro Musica's Contemporary American Choral Music (Hand signed by both Helen Frankenthaler and Aaron Copland), 1982 Offset lithograph poster (Hand signed by Helen F...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Lithograph, Offset

"Sirocco" Mixographia
Located in Newport Beach, CA
“Sirocco” by Helen Frankenthaler . Mixographia embossed engraving on handmade paper. Unique color from the regular numbered edition. 51/52. Hand signed by artist, dated 1989. Pri...
Category

Late 20th Century Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

Plaza Real
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color soft-ground etching, etching and aquatint on White Rives BFK paper. Signed, dated and numbered 55/60 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and publish...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Helen Frankenthaler What Red Lines Can Do Series, Screen Print
Located in Detroit, MI
ONE WEEK ONLY SALE "Untitled" lithograph from Frakenthaler's What Red Lines Can Do Series. Signed and dated, with the numbers 55/9/75 on the lower front right. Color screen print on white arches handmade cold press paper. Helen Frankenthaler was born on December 12, 1928 in New York City, the daughter of a New York Supreme Court judge and a family of Jewish immigrants from Germany who emphasized culture and intellectual pursuits and continue to be active to this day such as through nephew, the artist and photographer Clifford...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mary, Mary
Located in London, GB
Screenprint and offset lithograph in colours, 1987, on wove paper, signed in pencil by the artist, one of 10 printer's proofs, aside from standard edition of 72, published by Lincoln...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Offset, Screen

Book: Works on Paper 1949-1984 (Hand signed & inscribed by Helen Frankenthaler)
Located in New York, NY
Winning buyer: Try entering code FREESHIP for complimentary packing and shipping at checkout. (Some exceptions apply) Helen Frankenthaler Frankenthaler, Works on Paper 1949-1984 (Han...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Offset

"Keith Richards, Midwest Airport, 1979" framed photograph by Henry Diltz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Keith Richards, Midwest Airport, 1979" black and white photograph by Henry Diltz. Image size: 21 3/4 x 16 inches. This framed photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Kurt Cobain, Nirvana" 1993 framed photograph by Henry Diltz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Kurt Cobain, Nirvana" 1993 photograph shot at Los Angeles Forum in California by photographer Henry Diltz. This framed photograph was previously displayed in a guest room of the ori...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Crosby, Stills & Nash Album Cover Outtake" framed photograph by Henry Diltz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Outtake photo from 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash album cover photo session in West Hollywood, California, by photographer Henry Diltz. Depicts David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Na...
Category

1960s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Kurt Cobain, Nirvana" 1993 framed photograph by Henry Diltz
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Kurt Cobain, Nirvana" 1993 photograph shot at Los Angeles Forum in California by photographer Henry Diltz. This framed photograph was previously displayed in a guest room...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Abstract Expressionist poster (Hand signed and inscribed by Henen Frankenthaler)
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler Frankenthaler (Hand signed and inscribed), 1988 Offset lithograph (hand signed and inscribed to renowned collectors) Hand signed and warmly inscribed in ink on the front Frame included: Museum frame with UV plexiglass included Inscribed "to Paul and Joan, love Helen Frankenthaler" (Paul and Joan Gluck were major art collectors) Measurements: Framed 42 inches vertical by 34 inches by 1.75 inches Print 34.5 inches vertical by 27 inches Helen Frankenthaler, A Brief Biography Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), whose career spanned six decades, has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. She was eminent among the second generation of postwar American abstract painters and is widely credited for playing a pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. Through her invention of the soak-stain technique, she expanded the possibilities of abstract painting, while at times referencing figuration and landscape in unique ways. She produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound and continues to grow. Frankenthaler was born on December 12, 1928, and raised in New York City. She attended the Dalton School, where she received her earliest art instruction from Rufino Tamayo. In 1949 she graduated from Bennington College, Vermont, where she was a student of Paul Feeley. She later studied briefly with Hans Hofmann Frankenthaler’s professional exhibition career began in 1950, when Adolph Gottlieb selected her painting Beach (1950) for inclusion in the exhibition titled Fifteen Unknowns: Selected by Artists of the Kootz Gallery. Her first solo exhibition was presented in 1951, at New York’s Tibor de Nagy Gallery, and that year she was also included in the landmark exhibition 9th St. Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. In 1952 Frankenthaler created Mountains and Sea, a breakthrough painting of American abstraction for which she poured thinned paint directly onto raw, unprimed canvas laid on the studio floor, working from all sides to create floating fields of translucent color. Mountains and Sea was immediately influential for the artists who formed the Color Field school of painting, notable among them Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. As early as 1959, Frankenthaler began to be a regular presence in major international exhibitions. She won first prize at the Premiere Biennale de Paris that year, and in 1966 she represented the United States in the 33rd Venice Biennale, alongside Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jules Olitski. She had her first major museum exhibition in 1960, at New York’s Jewish Museum, and her second, in 1969, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, followed by an international tour. Frankenthaler experimented tirelessly throughout her long career. In addition to producing unique paintings on canvas and paper, she worked in a wide range of media, including ceramics, sculpture, tapestry, and especially printmaking. Hers was a significant voice in the mid-century “print renaissance” among American abstract painters, and she is particularly renowned for her woodcuts. She continued working productively through the opening years of this century. Frankenthaler’s distinguished, prolific career has been the subject of numerous monographic museum exhibitions. The Jewish Museum and Whitney Museum shows were succeeded by a major retrospective initiated by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth that traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI (1989); and those devoted to works on paper and prints organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1993), among others. Select recent important exhibitions have included Painted on 21st Street: Helen Frankenthaler from 1950 to 1959 (Gagosian, NY, 2013); Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner (Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, 2014); Giving Up One’s Mark: Helen Frankenthaler in the 1960s and 1970s (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2014–15); Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler (Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2015); As in Nature: Helen Frankenthaler, Paintings and No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts...
Category

1980s Color-Field Art

Materials

Offset, Ballpoint Pen, Lithograph

Yellow Jack
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this large lithograph with strong colors and stencil on White Arches Cover paper. Signed, dated "'85-'87" and numbered 51/54 in pencil by Frankenthaler. Printed and published by Tyler Graphics...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph, Stencil

Pete Townshend, Woodstock, NY 1969
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Solar Imp
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on cream wove paper. Signed and numbered 112/126 in pencil by Frankenthaler. Printed by Brand X Editions, Ltd., New York. Published b...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Screen

Causeway
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Printed by Universal Limited Art Editions. Edition 65 of 100
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sun Corner /// Abstract Expressionism Helen Frankenthaler Female Post-War Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Sun Corner" Portfolio: The Metropolitan Scene *Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler (inscribed into the metal) lower right Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint on core-filled, baked Aluminum Panel Limited edition: 17/50, (there were also 4 artist's proofs) Printer: Sheila Marbain of Maurel Studios, New York, NY Publisher: Tanglewood Press, New York, NY Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 12, page 90-91; Berggruen No. 13; Clark No. 13 Framing: Recently framed in a white maple moulding and conservation clear glass with frame-space. All archival Framed size: 37.38" x 37.38" Sheet size: 36.13" x 36.13" Image size: approx. 32" x 32" Condition: Faint crease upper right. Mild creasing lower right. Some light scuffmarks and scratches across sheet. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Upton, MA. Comes from the 1968 "The Metropolitan Scene" portfolio of five screenprints by various artists. Printed in four colors from four screens: blue, orange-red, green, and yellow. This is the third screenprint edition Frankenthaler ever made. "The Metropolitan Scene", a portfolio of prints by Richard Anuszkiewicz, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, Nicholas Krushenick, Roy Lichtenstein, and George Segal, was commissioned for a traveling exhibition organized by the Education Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. The museum received ten Roman-numbered copies for this purpose. Tanglewood Press then released all but Gottlieb's print in numbered editions of fifty. (Gottlieb's contract with Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, did not permit commercial release of his print by the publisher). "Air Frame" (cat. no. 6) was Frankenthaler's first silkscreen - a medium that Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY did not use, although it became increasingly popular for artists' prints, both in Europe and the United States, during the sixties. Several other silkscreens followed in the next few years: "Untitled" (cat no. 11), in 1967, and "Sun Corner" (cat. no. 12) by Tanglewood Press, New York, in 1968. - "What Red Lines Can Do" (cat. nos. 22-26) is a suite of silkscreens published by Multiples, Inc., at that time directed by Rosa Esman, in 1970. - (Harrison - page 19). Biography: Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Metal

Altitudes /// Abstract Expressionism Helen Frankenthaler Female Post-War Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Altitudes" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler in pencil lower right Year: 1978 Medium: Original Lithograph on light yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian handmade paper Limited edition: 29/42 Printer: Bill Goldston and John A. Lund of Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 72, page 264, 268-270; "ULAE" - Sparks No. 33, page 88, 323; Clark No. 67; Williams No. 67 Sheet size (irregular margins): 22.25" x 30.88" Condition: Remnants of previous mounting tape on verso. In excellent condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - New York, NY; private collection - notable fashion illustrator Jay Hyde, Crawford, New York, NY; acquired from an art gallery in New York, NY; likely acquired directly from the publisher Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY. Lithograph drawn with tusche wash. Printed in two colors from two stones: red and green. Universal Limited Art Editions chop mark/blind stamp lower right. "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison - "Frankenthaler carefully chose a European handmade paper that would add another color and texture to the print" ... "By contrast, in "Altitudes", the artist created a bleed image so that the sheet of paper is smaller than the stone's image and the large red tusche wash sweeps across the surface of the yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian paper, becoming warmed and enhanced by its color and texture." "Universal Limited Art Editions - A History and Catalogue: The First Twenty-Five Years" - Sparks - "In "Bronze Smoke" (cat. no. 32), "Altitudes" (cat. no. 33), and "Door" (cat. no. 34), minimal compositions were replaced by fields of drifting, multilayered color, as rich and satisfying as her work on a much grander scale." Biography: Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Crosby, Stills, & Nash 1st Album Cover, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Crosby, Stills, and Nash's first album cover shot in Los Angeles, 1969. Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Other sizes available
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Grace Slick, Woodstock, Bethel, NY 1969
Located in New York, NY
Hand Signed by the Photographer. Archival Limited Edition Print. Please allow extra production time.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mick & Bianca Jagger, 1970
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Print Hand Signed and Numbered by Photographer
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Richie Havens, Woodstock, Bethel, NY 1969
Located in New York, NY
Photograph by Henry Diltz, the official photographer for Woodstock 1969. Archival Limited Edition Print Hand Signed by the Photographer
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pete Townshend, Woodstock, NY 1969
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Neil Young, "Old Man" #3
Located in New York, NY
Rustic Farmhouse Photography Archival Limited Edition Print Signed by the Photographer Please allow extra production time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Monkees & Jack Nicholson
Located in New York, NY
The Monkees & Jack Nicholson in a dressing room. Limited Edition Fine Art Print Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Printed upon purchase, please...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Doors "Pot".
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The Doors on the Venice Beach Boardwalk in Los Angeles, CA. Taken by the legendary photographer Henry Diltz Signed and numbered by photographer
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Richard Pryor, "Put Up Yer Dukes" 1968
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Emmylou Harris
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

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C Print

Neil Young, Broken Arrow Ranch, Half Moon Bay, California 1971
Located in New York, NY
Henry Diltz and Neil Young were walking around his ranch one morning and stopped in one of his little barns to look at some guitars. Neil's little dog, Harte followed. "It looked so ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Richard Pryor, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Los Angeles, CA, 1979
Located in New York, NY
Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Other sizes available.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Neil Young, Barn at Broken Arrow Ranch, 1971
Located in New York, NY
Print signed by the photographer. Other Sizes Available.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Linda Ronstadt, Santa Monica, CA 1968
Located in New York, NY
Next available edition printed upon purchase. Please allow 3 weeks for production. Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Jim Morrison of The Doors, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition photograph, hand signed by photographer Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Debbie Harry, Blondie 1977
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition photograph, hand signed by photographer Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stephen Stills, Balboa Stadium, CA
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bruce Springsteen, Hollywood Bowl, 1981
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jim Morrison, Venice, CA 1969
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jim Morrison, Los Angeles, CA, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Jim Morrison on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during a Doors concert. There was only one other photographer there, Henry Diltz. Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry D...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jim Morrison, Hollywood Bowl, 1968
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time.
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Stephen Stills and Horse, CO
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Jim Morrison, Time Magazine, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

CSNY, "Deja Vu" July 12th, 1969
Located in New York, NY
As seen in the CSNY "Deja Vu" 50th Anniversary Reissue. Limited Edition photograph, hand signed by photographer Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time
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20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

James Taylor, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Keith Richards, Laurel Canyon, CA
Located in New York, NY
Keith Richards during breakfast. Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Crosby, Stills & Nash, Big Bear, CA, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition photograph, hand signed by photographer Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

CSNY Balboa Stadium, 1969
Located in New York, NY
As seen in the CSNY "Deja Vu" 50th Anniversary Reissue. Limited Edition photograph, hand signed by photographer Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jackson Browne "Hang 12"
Located in New York, NY
Archival Limited Edition Print Signed by the Photographer Please allow extra production time
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stephen Stills, CO
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print

Bruce Springsteen, 1988
Located in New York, NY
Limited Edition Signed, Titled, and Numbered by Henry Diltz Please allow extra production time.
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Doors, Venice Beach, CA, 1969
Located in New York, NY
The Doors in Venice Beach, CA 1969 Limited Edition photograph, hand signed by photographer Henry Diltz
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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