id:			167554
accession number:	2009.294
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.294
updated:		2022-06-17 09:01:01.429000

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
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creation date:			1971
creation date earliest:		1971
creation date latest:		1971
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creditline:			Bequest of Dennis Sherwin
copyright:			©  Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	acrylic on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)  - artist

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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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Helen Frankenthaler.</em> Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (November 6-December 1, 1971)

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PROVENANCE

	(Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc.)
	date: November 30, 1971
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	(Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc. Washington, D.C., via Henri Gallery, sold to Dennis Sherwin)
	date: c. 1972
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	Dennis Sherwin, [1937-2008], Bermuda, by bequest, to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: c. 1972–2009
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2009–
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 119; reproduced: P. 112-113
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