Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
printed by Donn H. Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
Yellow Span
INV-9749
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
printed by Donn H. Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)1968
aquatintprint
Date
1968
Medium
Color aquatint from two copper plates on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 35 × 47.5 cm (13 13/16 × 18 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 67 cm (19 15/16 × 26 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund
A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts enabled Universal Limited Art Editions (U.L.A.E.) to add an intaglio studio to the workshop in 1967. Under the guidance of Donn H. Steward, Frankenthaler produced her first intaglio print, Yellow Span, the following year. Aquatint, an intaglio technique developed to create tonal effects in prints, was particularly suited for the artist, who preferred that her color pour, spill, bleed, or flood the picture’s surface.
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