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"tombstone": "Humming Gold, 1971. Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928\u20132011). Acrylic on canvas; framed: 208.5 x 277 x 4 cm (82 1/16 x 109 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 205.7 x 274.2 cm (81 x 107 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dennis Sherwin, 2009.294. \u00a9 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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"description": "Helen Frankenthaler. Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (November 6-December 1, 1971)",
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"description": "(Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc.)",
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"description": "Though deeply influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Helen Frankenthaler succeeded in developing a visual language which has its very own identity. Her so-called soak-stain technique of staining pigment into raw canvas helped shape an influential art movement in the mid 20th century and led to works of impressive transparency and lucidity. In circling around the recurrent themes of spatial ambiguity and landscape, Frankenthaler\u2019s paintings open up a deep, nearly infinite pictorial space. Surrounded by golden color, the dark green, gray, and white form in Humming Gold seems to spring back and forth on the picture plane, floating in a space of uncertain depth. The subtle red line may evoke a horizontal line, giving the viewer an idea about one\u2019s own scale and position in relation to the painting.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
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