About the Artwork
The Bay
1963
Helen Frankenthaler
1928-2011
American
Unknown
Acrylic on canvas
Unframed: 80 3/8 × 82 1/8 × 7/8 inches (204.2 × 208.6 × 2.2 cm) Framed: 81 3/4 × 83 3/4 × 1 3/8 inches (207.6 × 212.7 × 3.5 cm)
Paintings
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert H. DeLawter
65.60
Restricted
Markings
Signed, lower right: Frankenthaler
Provenance
The artist
(Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York, USA)
1965-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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20th Century American Painting. Exh. cat., Grand Rapids Art Museum. Grand Rapids, 1967, no. 70.
Elderfield, John. Frankenthaler. New York, 1989, p. 166, 169 (ill.).
Carmean, E.A., and Helen Frankenthaler. Helen Frankenthaler: A Paintings Retrospective. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York 1989. pp. 36-37 (ill.).
Motherwell, Lise and Elizabeth A. T. Smith. Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown. Exh. cat., Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Provincetown, 2018, pp. 13, 74 (ill.).
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Helen Frankenthaler, The Bay, 1963, acrylic on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert H. DeLawter, 65.60.
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