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Seer
198093 1/2 x 85 1/8 in. (237.5 x 216.2 cm)
Helen Frankenthaler
United States (New York, NY, 1928 - 2011, Darien, CT)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Acrylic on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of the Women's Council on the occasion of the Council's 40th anniversary
Accession Number:
1981.13
Location: Currently on view
Helen Frankenthaler, who died on December 27, 2011, was a major American painter. Over the course of her long career, she experimented with new techniques that included pouring oil paint thinned with turpentine directly on large pieces of unprimed canvas, which permitted the paint to saturate the cloth and create loose and fluid fields of color. The emphasis on color of the second generation of abstract artists resulted in the term "Color Field Painters" to describe the work of Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, and others. Her spontaneous style and meditative aesthetic were perhaps the result of the philosophy that she expressed in a 2003 New York Times interview: “There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.” In addition to "Seer", MAG also owns four prints created by Frankenthaler.
Marks
Artist's signature, lower right: Frankenthaler
Provenance
Artist (Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York); given to the Gallery in 1981 by the Women's Council
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Modern Art in Rochester 7/18/1981 - 8/23/1981
- Selected Recent Acquisitions 7/6/1982 - 8/15/1982
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: Notes on the Permanent Collection: Helen Frankenthaler's Seer. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 47, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: January 1982.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Where Art Thou?. Bridgeport, CT: WJ Fantasy Inc., 1993.
- Memorial Art Gallery: Selected Recent Acquisitions. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1982.
- The Museologist. Newark, DE: Northeast Museums Conference
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Victoria Jane Ream. Art in Bloom: A New Art Form Combining Painting and Sculpture with Floral Design. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Equity, 1997.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Title: Council Gifts: A Tale of Two Women. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Issue Date: Spring 2002. Page Number: 9
- Women Artists at the Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester, 2017.
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Web Links
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Modern Art: Who, What, and Why?
Materials accompanying a teacher inservice presentation at MAG Spring 2008