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Inv. n°: CL1028

After Rubens

This object is on display at the FAMM . Come experience it in person.

h. 236.2 x w. 186.7 cm
1961
Oil and charcoal on unsized, unprimed canvas

Provenance

  • Collection of the artist
  • Acquired at Gagosian Gallery, London, 2021

Publications

  • B. Rose, Frankenthaler, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1972, pl. 86, p. 156, illustrated
  • J. Elderfield, Frankenthaler, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1989, p. 145
  • Gagosian Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler: Composing with Color: Paintings, 1962-1963, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2014, p. 17
  • Gagosian Gallery, Imagining Landscapes: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952-1976, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2021, p. 29, illustrated; p. 38; p. 39, illustrated in color; pp. 40-41, illustrated in color; p. 85
  • J. Jones, Like a Rothko dancing wildly to jazz’ – Helen Frankenthaler review, The Guardian, June 18, 2021
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, London, 2023, p. 103, p. 239
  • "Review: Female abstract expressionists. Discover the practices of women artists working with gestural abstraction in the aftermath of the Second World War.", Contemporary Lynx, March 27, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/female-abstract-expressionists
  • Whitechapel Gallery London, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Action, Geste, Peinture : Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale 1940-1970, Bice Curiger, 2023, p. 50
  • John Elderfield, "Chapter 5: The Human Edge", Frankenthaler, Revised and expanded edition, published by Gagosian in collaboration with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York, 2024, p. 200; illustrated in color, p. 203 (fig.10)
  • E.G. Landau, "The Strongest Gesture of All: Women Painters at FAMM, 1940-1970s", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p. 122

Exhibitions

  • Imagining Landscapes: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952 - 1976, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK, June 17, 2021 — August 28, 2021
  • The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Museum Barberini, Postdam, Germany, June 4, 2022 — September 25, 2022
  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2022 — January 22, 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 7 7ebruary - 14 May 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, June 4, 2023 — October 22, 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 1, 2023 — March 1, 2024
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, August 24, 2025 — November 16, 2025
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, January 30, 2026 — April 26, 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, May 23, 2026 — August 30, 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, Iowa, USA, September 19, 2026 — January 3, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, USA, January 30, 2027 — April 25, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists. The Women, The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens, Pittsburg, USA, June 12, 2027 — September 25, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists. The Women, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA, October 14, 2027 — March 5, 2028

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