id: 167554 accession number: 2009.294 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.294 updated: 2023-03-22 03:04:36.197000 Humming Gold, 1971. Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011). 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 © Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Humming Gold title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1971 creation date earliest: 1971 creation date latest: 1971 current location: creditline: Bequest of Dennis Sherwin copyright: © Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: acrylic on canvas department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) - artist --- measurements: 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Helen Frankenthaler. Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (November 6-December 1, 1971) --- PROVENANCE (Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc.) date: November 30, 1971 footnotes: citations: (Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc. Washington, D.C., via Henri Gallery, sold to Dennis Sherwin) date: c. 1972 footnotes: citations: Dennis Sherwin, [1937-2008], Bermuda, by bequest, to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: c. 1972–2009 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2009– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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’s 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’s own scale and position in relation to the painting. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 119; reproduced: P. 112-113 url: --- IMAGES