Skyframe (VI)
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Three-color lithograph monoprint on Arches Satine paper
Dimensions
sheet: 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.) framed: 66.7 x 84.5 cm (26 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Woodward Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number
1976.56.29
Art Historical Context
**Skyframe (VI)**, created by Helen Frankenthal in 1964, is a captivating three-color lithograph monoprint on Ar Satine paper, measuring 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.). Frankenthaler, a leading figure in mid-20th-century American abstract art, was renowned for her innovative Color Field paintings, where thinned oils soaked into raw canvas to create luminous, atmospheric veils of color. This print translates her signature approach into the realm of printmaking, showcasing her mastery of subtle gradients and expansive fields that evoke vast skies or ethereal landscapes. The monoprint tech...
About the Artist
Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) was born in New York City into a cultivated family; her father was a justice of the New York Supreme Court. She studied painting at the Dalton School under the Mexican muralist Rufino Tamayo and went on to Bennington College in Vermont, graduating in 1949. Returning to New York, she entered the circle of the Abstract Expressionist painters and studied with Hans Hofm...