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Helen Frankenthaler

Holocaust,

Maker

  • Helen Frankenthaler

Title

Holocaust

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • enamel,
  • oil,
  • and turpentine on canvas

Techniques

  • enamel,
  • Oil,
  • and turpentine on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

173.7 x 137.2 cm (68 3/8 x 54 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LR:Frankenthaler 10/55

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

The Albert Pilavin Memorial Collection of 20th-Century American Art

Object Number

72.108

Holocaust

Selected Works

The Albert Pilavin Collection

Twentieth-Century American Art, II

Signature: Signed LR:Frankenthaler 10/55

Publications

Out of the Emergency Department into the RISD Museum

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Selected Works

The Albert Pilavin Collection

Twentieth-Century American Art, II

Exhibition History

The Phantom of Liberty

May 4 - December 30, 2018

Celebrating the Jewish Contribution to Twentieth-Century American Art

November 12, 2004 - March 5, 2005

The New York School

November 7, 2003 - January 25, 2004

New York School Abstraction

November 9, 2001 - February 17, 2002

20th-Century Art from the Albert Pilavin Collection

November 22, 1996 - April 6, 1997

From the Reserve II

June 24 - August 27, 1994

The Moderns

August 6, 1993 - March 13, 1994

The Art of this Century

February 1 - June 2, 1991

Albert Pilavin Collection

October 23 - November 25, 1973
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