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Helen Frankenthaler — Earth Slice
Helen Frankenthaler

Earth Slice

1978

This 1978 print demonstrates Frankenthaler's masterful translation of her signature color-field painting techniques into printmaking, employing multiple etching processes to achieve her characteristic organic forms and atmospheric effects. The work exemplifies her innovative approach to combining traditional printmaking methods with her distinctive abstract expressionist sensibility, creating luminous geological abstractions on handmade paper.

Medium
Soft-ground etching, sugar-lift etching, and aquatint on Mauve HMP handmade paper
Dimensions
Edition
Edition of 46 of 46
Signed
Yes

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Helen Frankenthaler, Earth Slice, 1978

This 1978 print demonstrates Frankenthaler's masterful translation of her signature color-field painting techniques into printmaking, employing multiple etching processes to achieve her characteristic organic forms and atmospheric effects. The work exemplifies her innovative approach to combining traditional printmaking methods with her distinctive abstract expressionist sensibility, creating luminous geological abstractions on handmade paper.

Medium
Soft-ground etching, sugar-lift etching, and aquatint on Mauve HMP handmade paper
Dimensions
38.1 x 65.405 cm
Year
1978
Edition
of 46
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hamilton Selway, Los Angeles, CA

Related themes

Print, 1970s, American, Etching, Landscape, Expressive, Abstract Expressionism, Modern, Organic, Earth Tones, Abstract

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Jonathan Murray, Hamilton Selway Gallery