Helen Frankenthaler
Circe , 1974 (Executed)
Lot #103 |
2022-05-19 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Evening Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10951
Auction name: Contemporary Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2022-05-19
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 61 ½ by 96 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
156.2
Width In Centimeters:
243.8
Height In Inches:
61.5
Width In Inches:
96
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Year notes: Executed in 1974.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, Zürich Guido Goldman, Cambridge, Massachusetts (acquired from the above in 1974) André Emmerich Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in December 1978 by the present owner
Exhibited
Zürich, Andre Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler Neue Bilder, 1974 Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; and Seattle Art Museum, Helen Frankenthaler Paintings 1969-1974 , 1975, no. 24, n.p., illustrated Cambridge, Fogg Museum, New Presences at the Fogg Museum , 1978
Literature
Anne Charner, “To Helen Frankenthaler of Circe , 1974,” in: Emilie Buchwald & Ruth Boston, eds., The Poet Dreaming in the Artist's House: Contemporary Poems , Minneapolis, 1984, p. 20 (text)
Catalog summary
Property from a Private Collection Helen Frankenthaler 1928 - 2011 Circe signed Frankenthaler and dated ’74 (lower right) acrylic on canvas 61 ½ by 96 in. 156.2 by 243.8 cm. Executed in 1974. ---------------------------------------- 海倫・弗蘭肯塔勒 1928 - 2011年 《喀耳刻》 款識：藝術家簽名 Frankenthaler 並紀年'74（右下） 壓克力彩畫布 61 ½ x 96 英寸；156.2 x 243.8 公分 1974年作 Provenance André Emmerich Gallery, Zürich Guido Goldman, Cambridge, Massachusetts (acquired from the above in 1974) André Emmerich Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in December 1978 by the present owner Literature Anne Charner, “To Helen Frankenthaler of Circe , 1974,” in: Emilie Buchwald & Ruth Boston, eds., The Poet Dreaming in the Artist's House: Contemporary Poems , Minneapolis, 1984, p. 20 (text) Exhibited Zürich, Andre Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler Neue Bilder, 1974 Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; and Seattle Art Museum, Helen Frankenthaler Paintings 1969-1974 , 1975, no. 24, n.p., illustrated Cambridge, Fogg Museum, New Presences at the Fogg Museum , 1978