Synopses & Reviews
Helen Frankenthaler (1928and#150;2011) has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the 20th century. This beautifully illustrated new book devoted to Frankenthalerand#8217;s paintings from the 1950s brings together nearly 30 paintings, including important works from Frankenthalerand#8217;s estate. A new essay by John Elderfield and important historical texts by the poet and art critic Frank Oand#8217;Hara (1960) and former Rose Art Museum director Carl Belz (1981) shed light on the work, and a new, full chronology of Frankenthalerand#8217;s life and work in the 1950s draws upon previously inaccessible archival sources and includes a number of never-before-seen documentary images. Published to accompany an exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery, New York, in Spring 2013, this lavish volume is the first to be published since this acclaimed abstract painterand#8217;s death. Praise for
Helen Frankenthaler: Painted on 21st Street:
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About the Author
John Elderfield is chief curator emeritus of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and a consultant at Gagosian Gallery. He is the author of many important books and of the principal monograph on Frankenthaler.