Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
printed by Donn H. Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
Message from Degas
INV-9765
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
printed by Donn H. Steward (American, 1921-1986)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)1972–74
Message from Degas
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) printed by Donn H. Steward (American, 1921-1986) published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955) →aquatintprint
Date
1972–74
Medium
Color etching and aquatint from three copper plates on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 18.5 × 24.6 cm (7 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 35.1 × 43.5 cm (13 7/8 × 17 3/16 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
In 1972, Donn H. Steward saw Degas’s Head of a Woman in Profile at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Captivated by the artist’s use of liquid aquatint— a process where the resin is dissolved in strong alcohol—Steward set out to master the technique. Once he achieved his desired results, he suggested it to Frankenthaler as yet another medium with which to achieve her painterly concerns in print.
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