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Lot 0050: SIGNED HELEN FRANKENTHALER AMERICAN OIL PAINTING W COA

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Attributed to Helen Frankenthaler, American, 1928 to 2011, an oil painting on canvas depicting an Abstract Expressionist composition. Signed on the lower edge of the canvas. The painting reveals an Abstract Expressionist composition, marked by soft colors, applied to the canvas. The colors merge together in an organic manner, presenting no hand outlines or representational imagery. Completed with the Art Experts, Worldwide Reach. Prepared for Mr. Dimitri Mann by the Art Research Department of Art Experts, July 8, 2021. Provenance: from the private collection. Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, early 1950s until 2011, she spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work. Her work has been the subject of several retrospective exhibitions, including a 1989 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and been exhibited worldwide since the 1950s. In 2001, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. American Abstract and Expressionist Art and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.

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Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Stains on canvas. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.
53 x 84 3/4 in. All measurements are approximate.

Estimate $100.00-$150.00

Winning Bid $2,800.00