Helen FRANKENTHALER
Untitled (P91-20)
Date 1991
Epoque Late 20th century
Medium Gouache, watercolour and coloured chalks
Dimension 21.6 x 28.3 cm (8¹/₂ x 11¹/₈ inches)
Sieganthaler's most significant work was the publication, in 1987, of Strange Papers: A Collection of the World’s Rarest Handmade Papers. Sourced from around the world, the paper samples in the book included many made from exotic raw materials not usually associated with papermaking, such as asparagus rinds, carrots, leather, corn husks, feathers, various grasses, silk, hemp, stinging nettles and tree fibres. The book Strange Papers, which weighed some twenty-two pounds, was published in a limited edition of two hundred copies, and is only found today in such institutions as the New York Public Library.
As the inscription on the typewritten label attached to the old backing board notes, the present sheet was drawn on a sample of paper No. 34.1 from Strange Papers, identified therein as ‘Dyed Manilla Blend Paper’.
Gouache, watercolour and coloured chalks (with oil?) on handmade paper.
Date: 1991
Epoque: Late 20th century
Medium: Gouache, watercolour and coloured chalks
Signature: Signed and dated Frankenthaler 91 in pencil at the lower right.
Inscribed Geschenk von Helen Frankenthaler / erhalten am 10.8.1991 / Titel: P91-20 / Gemalt auf Papier No.34.1 aus / Strange Papers on a typewritten label pasted onto the old backing board.
Dimension: 21.6 x 28.3 cm (8¹/₂ x 11¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Given by the artist on 10 August 1991 to a private collector, probably Fred Siegenthaler, Langnau im Emmental
Private collection, Europe
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 26 October 2000, lot 146
Private collection, London.
Plus d'œuvres d'art de la Galerie