2003.51: Rex
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.51
- People
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Helen Frankenthaler, American (New York NY 1928 - 2011 Darien, Connecticut)
- Title
- Rex
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1987
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/50618
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Acrylic paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 265.43 x 127.64 cm (104 1/2 x 50 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.r. in black paint
- inscription: back of canvas, red pencil: "Rex" / a/c 1987 / 104 1/2 x 50 1/4 / 8' 8 1/2" x 4' 2 1/4"
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label: upper stretcher bar: Andre Emmerich Gallery
44 E 57
New York 10022
Helen Frankenthaler
Rex, 1987
Acrylic on Canvas
104 1/2 x 50 1/4" - label: lower stretcher bar: [Irving Galleries label:] Irving Galleries/ 332 Worth Ave., Palm Beach Fla., 33480 USA /Artist Helen Frankenthaler / "Rex" / [Mediu]m Acrylic [label torn off] / [torn off] dated on reverse, also [torn off] / [torn off]ght / [torn off] in. x 4 ft. 4 in. / FH - 6 [torn off]
- stamp: stretcher: Andre Emmerich Galleries stamp
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Herbert and Mildred Lee, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Lee
- Copyright
- © Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.51
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A tall (vertically oriented) acrylic on canvas. The background is a warm orange-yellow, soaked into the canvas, with areas of overpainting in red. The red is sometimes thin and wash-like, sometimes thicker and more opaque, with some impasto. A purple vertical strip runs down the edge of the central red area, and an orange zigzag "crown" and yellow profile are at the upper portion of the canvas.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1110 , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2023 - 04/07/2025
Verification Level
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