HELEN FRANKENTHALER LITHOGRAPH, c. 1967
HELEN FRANKENTHALER LITHOGRAPH, c. 1967
Original 1967 Lithograph from "In Memory of My Feelings," a 1967 illustrated book with 46 lithographs (see the complete book here). Printed on Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper by Crafton Graphic Company, Inc., New York, and Published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Edition 975/2,500. Unsigned, unnumbered, and folded, as issued. Overall fine condition for its age with no rips or tears; a minor crease at the top of the fold.
Size — 9” x 12” folded / 18” x 12” open
About MOMA’s exhibit In Memory of My Feelings —
The press release for the late 1967 exhibit explains that 30 American artists who were friends and associates of the late Frank O'Hara produced drawings that were then used as illustrations in a portfolio to accompany O'Hara's poetry. "Each artist was assigned a poem to illustrate as he saw fit. Preliminary layouts of the type pages were prepared in advance...and the artists were permitted to work anywhere on the page they wanted, even under the printed poem itself. The artists were given translucent plastic sheets on which to draw, either in black or sepia, or both. Placing the sheets over the layouts, the artists indicated how the drawings would relate to the margins and the type. The artists could use any medium that would hold or be fixed on the plastic surfaces - pencil, ink, charcoal, plastic-based paints, collage, transfer rubbings, etc. In many cases the artists made preliminary studies in other media or several versions of their drawings on the sheets themselves...The memorial edition limited to 2,500 numbered copies is published in an unbound, boxed portfolio."