Helen Frankenthaler

Cool Summer . 1962

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During 1962–63 Frankenthaler “composed with color” rather than with line, resulting in the freer compositions that came to exemplify her long and prolific career.Transitioning from the sparer, more graphic works of 1960–61, Frankenthaler made paintings that more readily filled the space of the canvas, moving toward what critic B. H. Friedman described as the “total color image” that would become a hallmark of her later work.
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Pink Lady . 1963

Gulf Stream . 1963

Hommage à M.L. 1962