The Most Beautiful Things
The Most Beautiful Things
Our in-house curators are delighted to share this edit of some of the most extraordinary pieces available on 1stDibs.
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Berthe Aux Grandes Pieds, Gilded Bronze Necklace, Line Vautrin 'France'
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
This gilded bronze necklace is made up of 15 links and a clasp.
Each link represents Line Vautrin's vision of Berthe aux grands pieds (Berthe with big feet).
To the left of her fac...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
French Art Bronze Bracelet by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cuff bracelet in gilded and silvered bronze by Parisian art jewller Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The playful piece is called "Le gendarme et le voleur"...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
French Silvered Bronze Paperweight Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered cast bronze rectangular paperweight by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. A lovely piece of desktop object d'art in a relatively uncommon form and ...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely brooch in gilt cast bronze made by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The brooch belongs to a collection called "The moon and the starts in th...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze and Enamel Earrings Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of bespoken earrings by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The cast bronze earring features a sculptural design that evokes an archaic form with shell like scroll an...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Belt Buckle Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze two-piece bronze buckle with hook and loop verso by French art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The sculptural pieces are In a rare Inca motif, with triangular indenta...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze Box Coffre Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950-1960s. The box features a geometrically grid top surface with a four by ...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze and Enamel Earrings Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of bespoken earrings by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The cast bronze earring features a sculptural design that evokes an archaic form with shell like scroll an...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze Poudrier "Le loup et le renard" (The wolf and the fox). by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The square box features a relief cast of two s...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Fleur Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Fleur" (Flower) features a round form with stylized...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Line Vautrin Gilt Bronze Box Signed
By Line Vautrin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Line Vautrin gilt bronze box signed.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Mirror "Mazarin"
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror in talosel resin and mirrored glass.
Signed Line Vautrin on the reverse.
Measures: Diameter 32 cm (12.6 in).
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Talosel
Large French Tudor Wall Mirror by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning French convex wall mirror by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950s-1960s. A relatively rare model called "Tudor". Textured talosel construction with si...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silver Leaf
Line Vautrin Mirror Mosaic Flower Bouquet Brooch
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Floral bouquet brooch by Line Vautrin, France from the 1950s. Signature "mosaics" of rose color mirrored glass rounds cut to form flowerheads and set in Talosel resin backed ...
Category
1950s French Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Gold Plate, Gilt Metal
'60s Line Vautrin gold Gerbera Mirror in Talosel
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin 'Gerbera Mirror'
Talosel
1960.
Category
1960s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
"Chardon" Line Vautrin Red Mirror 20th Centhury
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Circa 1950.
Talosel (resin) mirror with inlaid pieces of red mirrors
Signed "Line Vautrin " on the reverse.
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Talosel, Mirror
A French Talosel Hand Mirror with Glass Inlay by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare hand mirror "Miroir face à main" crafted by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950s-1960s. The elongated oval form was covered in Talosel Noire with a...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Talosel
Line Vautrin's Box in Gilt Bronze and Corkwood
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
‘Si tous les gars du monde..’ (‘If all the guys in the world..’)
Line Vautrin's box in gilt bronze and corkwood
Circa 1945
Bronze doré / golden bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
50's Line Vautrin 'Folie' talosel convex mirror
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line VAUTRIN (1913-1997)
'Folie / Le Soleil a rendez-vous avec la Lune'
Circa 1958
Witch mirror, surrounded by 12 flames in black talosel. One of them wafts another small witch mirr...
Category
1950s French Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
'60s 'Soleil à pointes n. 2' Mirror by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
'Soleil à pointes n. 2' mirror by Line Vautrin
Talosel, incrustations de miroir et miroir sorcière
1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Line Vautrin Surreal Eye Brooch
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
Unusual surrealist eye brooch by Line Vautrin, France from the 1950s.
Signature "mosaics" of mirrored glass panels cut to form "eye" and set in Talosel resi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco The Most Beautiful Things
Line Vautrin's 'Mazarin' Mirror
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin's Mazarin mirror
1960
Black talosel and convex mirror
Category
21st Century and Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
Line Vautrin 'Pink Thistle' Mirror from the '60s
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin 'Pink Thistle' mirror
1960
Category
1960s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
'50s Line Vautrin 'Comete' Mirror
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
'50s Line Vautrin 'Comete' mirror.
Category
1950s French Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
Line Vautrin 'Twisted Sun Mirror' in Talosel from the '50s
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin 'Twisted Sun Mirror'
1958
Mirror and golden Talosel resin
Category
1950s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
Line Vautrin Soleil à pointes n°1 in Talosel from the '60s
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin mirror 'Soleil à pointes n°1'
Talosel and mirror
1960
Category
1960s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
'60s Line Vautrin Gerbera Mirror in Talosel
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin 'Gerbera Mirror'
Talosel
1960
Category
1960s Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
80's Claude Lalanne's vermeil 'Hortensia' bracelet
By Claude Lalanne
Located in Paris, FR
Claude Lalanne
'Hortensia' Bracelet
1983
Vermeil
Artcurial Edition, Paris
Measure: L. : 20 cm.
Category
1980s French Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Vermeil
CLAUDE LALANNE Silver Groseilles Choker Necklace Bangle Set
By Claude Lalanne
Located in Boston, MA
*Important Jewelry*
Can use a polish - which we will leave to the new owner.
ORIGINAL - handmade by Claude Lalanne.
From her PERSONAL COLLECTION
Stunning Necklace and matching Bracelet in ARTCURIAL Paris box.
CLAUDE LALANNE signed Groseilles parure set (EXTREMELY RARE TO HAVE A SET)
Circa: 1980s
Place of Origin: France
Artist: CLAUDE LALANNE (French, 1924 - 2019 )
Numbered 3/50
HANDMADE by the Artist in her Fontainebleau Ury studio.
This is one of the LALANNE family heirlooms that Selection Coste is presenting.
Express shipping available.
Condition: Excellent - NEVER WORN but needs polish due to oxidation from storage.
The shown certificate is only for the bracelet.
About the Artist:
Claude Lalanne was born in Paris in 1924, and was among few women of her generation to study architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts. She later trained at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. In the 1950s, she emerged as part of the last wave of the avant-garde in Parisl, and associated with the likes of Magritte...
Category
1980s French Art Nouveau Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silver
Pomme Bouche, Brooch, Claude Lalanne, French, Design, 1990's, Bronze, Jewels
By Claude Lalanne
Located in Geneva, CH
Pomme Bouche, Brooch, Claude Lalanne, French, Design, 1990's, Bronze, Jewels
Brooch Pomme Bouche
1990
Edition Arthus-bertrand, Paris
Bronze with a golden...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Bronze
Gabriella Crespi Boar, Silvered Bronze, Glass, Signed
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi Boar, Silvered Bronze, Glass, Signed. Small scale realistic and magical silvered bronze sculpture, fitted with a hand-blown glass egg...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Metal
Neverino Table Lamp by Vistosi
By Gae Aulenti, Luciano Vistosi
Located in Barcelona, ES
New old stock!
The "Neverrino" table lamp from the renowned Italian architect Gae Aulenti for Vistosi is an iconic design piece from the 1960s. Crafted in Italy circa 1965, this lam...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Murano Glass
Table Lamp by Gabriella Crespi, Italy , 1970's
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Lucite pyramid mounted to an angled base of patinated brass. Signed on the base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Brass
Gabriella Crespi Rare 'Fungo' Table Lamp in Bamboo and Brass, Italy, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi rare 'Fungo' table lamp from the Rising Sun Series with lacquered bamboo strips and polished brass details on dome shade atop elegant flared brass base, Italy, 1970s...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Brass
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Metal Letter Opener in Shape of Seahorse '70s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Turin, Turin
Very peculiar letter opener designed by Gabriella Crespi in '70s. The letter opener has a very beautiful handle in shape of seahorse, the object is in metal. There is the signature o...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Metal
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Ostrich Set of Two Sculpture, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi set of two ostrich birds with Murano blown glass sculpture.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is in near excellent condi...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Wild Boar Sculpture, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi wild boar with Murano blown glass detail sculpture.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is in near excellent condition.
An amazing and seldom pie...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Silver Plate
Gabriella Crespi Pair of Pitchers, Italy, 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milan, IT
A superb pair of Gabriella Crespi 1970s pitchers.
Both pieces are signed.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Metal
1970s by Gabriella Crespi Italian Design Hollywood Regency "Boar" Lighter
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Brescia, IT
"Boar" Lighter
Gabriella Crespi
Italy, 1970s
Silver metal.
Perfect working order
"Grabriella Crespi" signed.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Metal
Gabriella Crespi Wood and Brass Parrot Box, Italy 1970s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Milan, IT
Exceptional Gabriella Crespi 'Parrot' box.
Wood and brass.
Signed Gabriella Crespi.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Brass
Greta Grossman Grasshopper Table Lamp, Alabaster White Glossy
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
Greta M. Grossman designed the iconic Gräshoppa table lamp in 1947 and with its sophisticated yet playful design, it is still as relevant today. The distinctive, elongated conical sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Greta Magnusson Grossman 'Cobra' Plug-In Wall Lamp in Black
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Greta Magnusson Grossman 'Cobra' plug-in wall lamp in black. Designed in 1950 by Grossman, this is an authorized re-edition by GUBI of Denmark who meticulously reproduces her work wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Customizable Gubi GMG Chaise Longue Designed by Greta M. Grossman
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in New York, NY
The GMG Chaise Longue was designed in 1951 by Greta M. Grossman and with playful elegance, it is perfectly angled for lounging whilst preserving all the str...
Category
2010s Danish The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Textile
Vintage Greta Magnusson Grossman Grasshopper Lamp for Ralph O. Smith Sweden 1947
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Ralph O. Smith
Located in Dallas, TX
This is an extraordinarily well-preserved grasshopper floor lamp designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman and produced by Ralph O. Smith circa 1947.
The steel base and spun aluminum ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Greta Grossman Grasshopper Floor Lamp, Aspen Yellow
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Gubi
Located in Berkeley, CA
The iconic Grasshopper floor lamp was first produced in 1947 by the feminine pioneer Greta M. Grossman. The unique tripod stand of the Grasshopper fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Trinidad Teak Dining Chairs by Nanna Ditzel 1990s Set of 6
By Nanna Ditzel, Frederecia Furniture
Located in Asaa, DK
Trinidad teak dining chairs by Nanna Ditzel for Fredericia Stolefabrik Denmark 1990s
When designing the Trinidad Chair Model 3298 in 199...
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Teak
Rare Nanna Ditzel Coffee Table in Maple Wood for Brdr. Kruger, Denmark, 1980s
By Brdr. Krüger, Nanna Ditzel
Located in Hellouw, NL
An unparalleled coffee table by the legendary Danish designer Nanna Ditzel for BRDR. Kruger from the 1980s. This design was mainly due to Grete Jalk's role in reviving the joinery ex...
Category
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Maple
Egg Hanging Chair by Nanna Ditzel, Authentic Historical Edition, 1959
By Nanna Ditzel
Located in Argelato, BO
Suspended by a chain from the ceiling, this no-gravity chair suggested a liberated lifestyle, free from earthbound fears.
Authentic Scandinavian desig...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Rattan
Trinidad Teak Dining Chairs by Nanna Ditzel 1990s Set of 8
By Nanna Ditzel, Frederecia Furniture
Located in Asaa, DK
Trinidad teak dining chairs by Nanna Ditzel for Fredericia Stolefabrik Denmark 1990s
When designing the Trinidad Chair Model 3298 in 199...
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Teak
1950s Nanna Ditzel Design and Lounge Seating Set
By Nanna Ditzel
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Vintage look and resolutely contemporary, this lounge seating set "Chill" Model design by Nanna Ditzel is composed of an armchair with its matching foot stool or ottoman (which can u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Rattan
Fire (3) by Yayoi Kusama - Abstract contemporary work on paper
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Fire (3) by Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Gouache and pastel on paper
27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 ⁷/₈ x 8 inches)
Signed, ...
Category
1950s Abstract The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Standing in the Visionary Field Screenprint by Yayoi Kusama (ABE 002)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yayoi Kusama
Standing in the Visionary Field (1979). Edition 46/100
Screenprint
[13 screens, 13 colors, 13 runs]
40.8 x 52.2 cm (image)
50.8x 65 cm (sheet)
Edition of 100 + 10 Artist Proofs
Published in 1979 on Hakou-shi paper by Ishida Ryoichi (printer)
Provenance:
Art Factory Gallery, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Shinwa Art Auction, Tokyo
Publications:
A specimen of the same edition is represented in full page at plate 2, page 12 of the Catalogue Raisonné of Kusama's prints:
"Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979...
Category
1970s Pop Art The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Screen
Anatomy (4), from Anatomy (Wye and Smith 100)
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
BOURGEOIS, Louise
Anatomy (4), from Anatomy (Wye and Smith 100), 1989-90
Etching on wove paper, edition 2 of 2 PP
Image: 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
Framed: 24 3/16 x 18 3/8 inches
Signed ...
Category
1980s Feminist The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Etching
Embracing the Tree
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise BOURGEOIS
"Embracing the Tree" (2000)
Drypoint, edition 14 of 25
Image: 11 13/16 x 19 15/16 in.
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 in.
Framed: 21 1/2 x 18 x 1 1/2 in. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Drypoint
Coffee Cup
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in New York, NY
1985
Screenprint in colors, on Izumi paper
Sheet: 61 x 53.3 cm
Edition of 100
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Framed, excellent condition
Category
1980s Pop Art The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Paper, Screen
By The Lake
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Collage was an important part of Louise Nevelson's practice. The process mirrored her approach to sculpture; taking disparate elements and assembling or uniting them into a complex whole.
Similar to many of her American contemporaries, Nevelson delved into printmaking. She worked with the leading printing studios in America adopting new techniques while expanding her aesthetic and oeuvre considerably.
This collage was the final maquette or design, that would be screen printed becoming "By the Lake" (from "Façade: In Homage to Edith Sitwell"). Nevelson worked with Chiron Press in New York, which had opened in 1962 and was just a stone's throw from her 11th Street home studio.
The works in this series were dedicated to the British poet Edith Sitwell who passed away in 1964. Sitwell had published a book of abstract poems titled Façade, the poems' rhythms were counterparts to music set by the famed English composer, William Walton...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Screen
Where I Live
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
Where I Live, 2001-2007
drypoint on hemmed cloth, edition of 2 PP aside from the numbered edition of 12
20 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. / 51.4 x 41.3 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Drypoint
Inner Life
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This work is included in the collection of MoMA NY which was donated by the artist. From a limited edition of 2000
Artist’s Remarks:"This is like a snake plant...
Category
1980s Abstract The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Lithograph
Red River Inside my Eyelids by Yayoi Kusama - Contemporary art, female artist
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE
Red River Inside my Eyelids by Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Ink, pastel, felt pen on paper
55 x 39.8 cm (21 ⁵/₈ ...
Category
1970s Contemporary The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Felt Pen, Paper
Altitudes /// Abstract Expressionism Helen Frankenthaler Female Post-War Modern
By Helen Frankenthaler
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 The Most Beautiful Things
Materials
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
