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Frankenthaler pioneered a method of painting in which she poured paint directly onto unprimed canvas. As the liquid absorbed into the canvas fibers, it merged color and surface, and was subsequently adopted by other artists, including Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, both of whom are in the Art Center’s permanent collection. Chalk Zone focuses on color relationships and the edges created where shapes meet. The forms and fields of colors seem immense, as if the frame is allowing the viewer to see just a small portion of an infinite scene. The title suggests that the painting is a kind of landscape, possibly seen from a great distance.
July 22, 2020
This work represents a superb example of the artist's mature style. Frankenthaler studied with Hans Hofmann and Rufino Tamayo, and is best known for her large stained canvases produced with washes of diluted acrylic paint. The diluted paint functions like watercolor soaking into raw, unstretched canvas as opposed to resting on the surface. This process merges the paint and its support into one entity, diminishing painting's traditional figure and ground relationship. Frankenthaler's approach influenced a generation of artists, expecially color-field painters such as Kenne6th Noland and Morris Louis. Source: NEWS Oct Nov Dec 2008
This work represents a superb example of Helen Frankenthaler's mature style. She studied with Hans Hofmann and Rufino Tamayo, and is best known for her large stained canvases produced with washes of diluted acrylic paint. The diluted paint functions like watercolor soaking into raw, unstretched canvas as opposed to resting on the surface. This process merges the paint and its support into one entity, diminishing painting's traditional figure and ground relationship. Frankenthaler's approach influenced a generation of artists, especially color-field painters such as Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis. Source: News, October November December 2008.
Exhibition History"Helen Frankenthaler", Andre Emmerich Gallery, April 6-25, 1968
"Karla Black: 20 Years", Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, February 8 - May 17. 2020
Published References"Des Moines Art Center Collects", Des Moines Art Center, 2013, ref. pg. 276, color ill. 277
This work represents a superb example of the artist's mature style. Frankenthaler studied with Hans Hofmann and Rufino Tamayo, and is best known for her large stained canvases produced with washes of diluted acrylic paint. The diluted paint functions like watercolor soaking into raw, unstretched canvas as opposed to resting on the surface. This process merges the paint and its support into one entity, diminishing painting's traditional figure and ground relationship. Frankenthaler's approach influenced a generation of artists, expecially color-field painters such as Kenne6th Noland and Morris Louis. Source: NEWS Oct Nov Dec 2008
This work represents a superb example of Helen Frankenthaler's mature style. She studied with Hans Hofmann and Rufino Tamayo, and is best known for her large stained canvases produced with washes of diluted acrylic paint. The diluted paint functions like watercolor soaking into raw, unstretched canvas as opposed to resting on the surface. This process merges the paint and its support into one entity, diminishing painting's traditional figure and ground relationship. Frankenthaler's approach influenced a generation of artists, especially color-field painters such as Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis. Source: News, October November December 2008.
Exhibition History"Helen Frankenthaler", Andre Emmerich Gallery, April 6-25, 1968
"Karla Black: 20 Years", Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, February 8 - May 17. 2020
Published References"Des Moines Art Center Collects", Des Moines Art Center, 2013, ref. pg. 276, color ill. 277
DimensionsFrame: 101 × 59 × 1 1/2 in. (256.5 × 149.9 × 3.8 cm)
Canvas (/image): 100 × 58 in. (254 × 147.3 cm)
Canvas (/image): 100 × 58 in. (254 × 147.3 cm)
Accession Number 2008.28
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SignedFrankenthaler 1968 (verso l,c on canvas margin in black)
Frankenthaler '68 (verso c,r on stretcher bar in black)
Frankenthaler (verso u,l on canvas margin in red)
Inscriptions"Chalk Zone" 1968 (verso u,l on canvas margin in red)
ProvenanceArtist; Andre Emmerich Gallery; Mrs. Bernard Gimbel [purchased from previous, 1969]. Ann Hintz; Des Moines Art Center [gifted by previous, 2008]
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