Frankenthaler Woodcut
Abstract Expressionist poster (Hand signed and inscribed by Helen Frankenthaler)
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
, Paintings and No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts (The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 2017
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Helen Frankenthaler, Air Frame (Harrison 6) her first silkscreen Signed AP 1965
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
, Paintings and No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts (The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 2017
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H 22.5 in W 17.5 in D 1.5 in
Helen Frankenthaler What Red Lines Can Do Series, Screen Print
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Detroit, MI
handmade cold press paper.
Helen Frankenthaler was born on December 12, 1928 in New York City, the
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Offset lithograph poster (Signed by both Helen Frankenthaler and Aaron Copland)
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler
Pro Musica's Contemporary American Choral Music (Hand signed by both Helen
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The Darker Palette poster (hand signed twice and inscribed by Frankenthaler)
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler
Frankenthaler: The Darker Palette (Hand signed twice and inscribed), 1998
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph
Book: Works on Paper 1949-1984 (Hand signed & inscribed by Helen Frankenthaler)
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler
Frankenthaler, Works on Paper 1949-1984 (Hand signed and inscribed to Dick
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Ink, Lithograph
East and Beyond
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Printer and Publisher: ULAE, West Islip, New York
Catalogue raisonne: Abrams 41
Edition size: 18
Signed, dated, and numbered, lower margin
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Japanese Maple
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
2005
Sixteen color Ukiyo-e style woodcut
Image/sheet: 26 x 38 in.
Edition of 50
Signed, dated and
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
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Weeping Crabapple
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
2009
Thirty-one color Ukiyo-e style woodcut
Image/sheet: 25 1/4 x 37 1/4 in.
Edition of 50
Signed
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Acrobat
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) is one of the most revered abstract painters of the 20th century as
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1990s Color-Field More Art
Materials
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Flotilla
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in London, GB
Expressionist.
Frankenthaler was an avid printmaker, often focusing on the woodcutting process, but she also
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Acrobat (detail), Limited Edition Porcelain Plate in bespoke blue box - Abstract
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
gifted. Any fan of Helen Frankenthaler or Abstract Expressionist art would be thrilled!
Helen
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Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mod Day Glo Neon Color Field Acrylic Painting
By Lamar Briggs
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Helen Frankenthaler and later Sam Francis, which has a fluid and spontaneous feeling on the canvas
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Mixed Media Collage Oil Painting Latvian American Modernist Artist Adja Yunkers
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
1950s he primarily worked in color woodcuts, introducing brushwork into the genre. In 1960, he began
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
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Mixed Media, Fabric, Oil
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic "April Dance Form" Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
tints in his work and in particular, the transparency of color, pioneered by Helen Frankenthaler and
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
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Live from Lincoln Center, 20th Year (Eve) - Lithograph by Helen Frankenthaler
By Helen Frankenthaler
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Title: Live from Lincoln Center, 20th Year (Eve)
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Helen Frankenthaler Aerie Screen Print Hand Signed and Numbered in pencil 2009
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"Aerie"
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Tales of Genji VI (from a Suite of Six Woodcuts)
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Helen Frankenthaler 'Tales of Genji VI'
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Tales of Genji VI
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Ukiyo-e woodcut
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FRANKX023A
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Tales of Genji II
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ukiyo-e Woodcut
47 x 42 inches
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Signed and numbered
FRANKX019A
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Geisha
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Ukiyo-e style woodcut
38 x 26 inches
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FRANK915G
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East and Beyond
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Book of Clouds
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Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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Tales of Genji II
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Helen Frankenthaler 'Tales of Genji II'
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Frankenthaler Woodcut For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate frankenthaler woodcut for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Contemporary style, while we also have 5 Contemporary versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect frankenthaler woodcut among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right frankenthaler woodcut for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, orange, beige and blue. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in woodcut print, paper and handmade paper can add an especially memorable touch.
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Helen Frankenthaler for sale on 1stDibs
Prolific and pioneering painter Helen Frankenthaler said it was “a combination of impatience, laziness and innovation” that drove her to thin her paints with turpentine so that they would seep into the fabric of an unprimed canvas. Her breakthrough in the early 1950s led the way for a spellbinding new style of painting that would come to be known as Color Field.
Although Color Field is often considered a strain of Abstract Expressionism, Frankenthaler’s work differed from the gestural “Action Painting” that typified the paintings of artists like Willem de Kooning and Lee Krasner. Her vast and immersive expanses of color created at a fearless scale captivated art critics and greatly influenced her peers including Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland.
Frankenthaler knew from an early age that she wanted to be a painter. The youngest daughter of a New York State Supreme Court justice, she grew up on Manhattan’s Park Avenue and as a child delighted in the little ways color and form revealed themselves, whether dribbling red nail polish in a sink full of water or drawing her steps from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to her family’s apartment. As a student at Bennington College, her rare vision was enriched by the mentorship of painter Paul Feeley, who gave her lessons in Cubism. After dabbling in art history at Columbia University, she rented a studio downtown and befriended rising New York art stars like Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell, whom she later married.
Characterized by “direct, exuberant gestures,” the Abstract Expressionist technique was all about gusto, and Frankenthaler had it in spades. One of the few women of this era to garner widespread critical acclaim, Frankenthaler had a significant impact on the mid-20th-century art world. She exhibited in the high-profile 1951 Ninth Street Show and, in 1957, she appeared in a Life magazine spread on women artists photographed by Gordon Parks. In 1960, the Jewish Museum held her first major museum show, a retrospective of her 1950s work. A 1969 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art further introduced Frankenthaler to the broader art world.
While Frankenthaler remains best known for bold, expressive “soak-stain” paintings such as Mountains and Sea (1952), she worked across diverse media for decades, with forays into woodcutting, drawing and printmaking that also pushed boundaries. She also taught at Harvard, Yale and Princeton, fostering generations of artists. She died in 2011.
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