1964
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1964 ink by Helen Frankenthaler, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting is mostly a deep blue background with three white shapes floating in it. One shape looks like a crescent moon, another is a teardrop, and the third is a squiggly line. Tiny splashes of red and yellow peek out from inside two of the white shapes. The artist used a printing method that lets ink sit on a flat stone before pressing paper onto it. That’s why the colors look soft and slightly uneven. Next, check out *lithography* to see how this process works.
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several…
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