On View
Not on viewObject number2009.21
Solarium
Artist
Helen Frankenthaler
(American, 1928-2011)
Date1964
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionssheet: 25 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (65.4 × 49.5 cm)
image: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
image: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Collins from the Charles and Charlotte Collins Collection
Exhibition History"A Passion for Collecting: Prints of the 1960s and '70s from the Collins Collection," KIA Galleries 2&5 (Nov. 13, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011).
"Drawn to Abstraction," Charles H. MacNider Museum of Art, Mason City, IA (June 24 - August 20, 2016).
"Beyond the Club: Re-historicizing Women in Abstract Expressionism," Graham Gund Gallery at Kenyon College (January 19-April 18, 2019)
"Drawn to Abstraction," Sardoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA (August 25 - November 1, 2020).Label TextPrimarily a painter, Helen Frankenthaler poured color over unprimed canvas, allowing it to soak into the flesh of the canvas. Known as an Abstract Expressionist, her dynamic gestures, bold application of color, and spontaneous processes make the paint itself the subject of the work. Frankenthaler’s stains feel weightless, drawing depth into her compositions. In Solarium her celestial swath of blue is, ironically, anchored by the unprinted white of the paper. Frankenthaler pioneered painters’ experimentation with printmaking, which became quite popular with many other painters.
