About this artwork
Savage Breez frustrated Frankenthaler more than any other print she produced at U.L.A.E. She recalled:
Savage Breeze went dead like a lead balloon. So after many tries, I finally said, let’s scratch it. I was almost exasperated. I couldn’t get the light I desired. I knew the drawing was right. I knew the scale was right. Then I thought—why don’t we whitewash the paper first and then print the other colors I’d mixed over it. We did. And it glowed.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Helen Frankenthaler
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Title
- Savage Breeze
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1974
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Medium
- Woodblock in yellow green (mounted)
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Dimensions
- 78.7 × 8 × 2.3 cm (31 × 3 3/16 × 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Universal Limited Art Editions
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Reference Number
- 2018.704c