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Monoscape
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011)

Title

Monoscape

Artist

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011)

Date

1969

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

104 3/4 × 124 1/8 in. (266.1 × 315.3 cm)

Classification

Painting

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds from National Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan Grant and matching funds from the Joslyn Women's Association

Object Number

1978.74

On View

On view

Copyright

© Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Provenance

With André Emmerich Gallery, New York, by 1978;
Purchased from André Emmerich Gallery by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1978.

Exhibition History

Mostly X-L, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, July 1–August 28, 1983.

American Art from the Collection of Joslyn Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Maine, July 12, 2022–October 1, 2023.

Published References

Robert C. Lamm, Neal M. Cross, and Rudy H. Turk, The Search for Personal Freedom, 7th ed. (Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Publishers, 1984), 2: 382–83, (repro.).

Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 214, 215–16, (repro.).

Elizabeth A.T. Smith, “Colour Issues,” Public 51 (Summer 2015): 137, (repro.).