
Aerie
A luminous example of Helen Frankenthaler's lyrical abstraction, *Aerie* translates her celebrated soak-stain sensibility into the screenprint medium, layering fluid washes of color that evoke both atmospheric space and organic form. The composition drifts across the wove paper with an airy, weightless quality, as soft veils of hue bleed and merge in ways that suggest open sky or elevated, bird's-eye vistas. Frankenthaler's intuitive approach to color and movement is fully preserved in this full-sheet print, where the edges of the composition breathe freely against the unencumbered expanse of the page.
- Medium
- Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, the full sheet.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions & Works on Paper
October 17, 2017
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