Thanksgiving Day Unique Ceramic Tile 1973 17x13

Year1973

Hand SignedLower Right in Black Paint 

Condition Excellent 

Not FramedCustom Plexiglass Backing With Handles 

Purchased fromGallery 1976 

Story / Additional InfoPurchased from André Emmerich Gallery Inc. in New York City. Housed in Phoenix, Arizona since purchase in 1976. 

Certificate of AuthenticityAndre Emmerich Gallery Inc. 

LID92827

Helen Frankenthaler - United States

Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), whose career spanned six decades, has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. She was eminent among the second generation of postwar American abstract painters and is widely credited for playing a pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. Through her invention of the soak-stain technique, she expanded the possibilities of abstract painting, while at times referencing figuration and landscape in unique ways. She produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound and continues to grow. Throughout her long career, Frankenthaler experimented tirelessly, and, in addition to unique paintings on canvas and paper, she worked in a wide range of media, including ceramics, sculpture, tapestry, and especially printmaking. Hers was a significant voice in the mid-century “print renaissance” among American abstract painters, and she is particularly renowned for her woodcuts. She continued working productively through the opening years of this century and passed away in 2011. Listings Wanted.