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Nepenthe

Artist Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928 - 2011)
Date1972
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches (39.37 x 61.6 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 29 7/8 inches (56.2 x 75.88 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Jeanne McCray Beals in memory of David Thomas Beals II, Helen Ward Beals, and David Thomas Beals III
Object number2006.9.43
Signedb.margin (in pencil): "6/50 frankenthaler/ '72"
On View
Not on view
Collections
Descriptionfloating pinkish area with intersecting black and red lines, yellow line at bottom left of area. Bottom left corner, short green area.
Copyright© Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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