Inlet
Helen Frankenthaler, American, 1928 - 2011
1965
Acrylic on canvas
Canvas: 56 3/4 × 81 3/4 in. (144.1 × 207.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe 2015 Fund
2022.51
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
On view
Label
You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognize it, how to control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once. --Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler’s pioneering technique of pouring paint directly onto an unprimed canvas made the paint and canvas inseparable—not a painting on canvas, but a new object entirely. She was interested in downplaying her level of control (her ego) and allowing the paint’s viscosity to participate in the final image. To this end, she literally removed her touch by avoiding brushes altogether.
From the 2023 exhibition The Painter's Hand: U.S. Abstraction since 1950, curated by John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director
Course History
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Daniele Genadry, Summer 2023
Philosophy 1.11, Art: True, Beautiful, Nasty, John Kulvicki, Summer 2023
Philosophy 1.11, Art: True, Beautiful, Nasty, John Kulvicki, Summer 2023
First Year Student Enrichment Program - Cultures, Identities and Belongings, Francine A'Ness, Summer 2023
Studio Art 15.04, Drawing I, Enrico Riley, Fall 2023
Studio Art 17.08, Digital Drawing, Karol Kawiaka, Fall 2023
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Jen Caine, Fall 2023
Writing 5.05, Image and Text, Becky Clark, Fall 2023
Writing 5.06, Image and Text, Becky Clark, Fall 2023
Exhibition History
Immersive Worlds: Real and Imagined, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13-December 15, 2024.
The Painter's Hand: U.S. Abstraction since 1950, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe-Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 3-December 16, 2023.
Provenance
Gagosian Gallery; sold to present collection, 2022.
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