About this artwork
What Frankenthaler had only just begun to explore in her woodcuts at Universal Limited Art Editions (U.L.A.E.) emerged as a tour de force when she worked with Kenneth Tyler at Tyler Graphics. Abandoning the jigsaw, Frankenthaler invented a technique she called “guzzying.” She worked the wood’s surface with a variety of implements to create an uneven, undulating surface that, when combined with transparent inks, produced watercolor-like effects.
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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
- Essence Mulberry
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1977
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Medium
- Color woodcut from four blocks on tan Japanese paper
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Dimensions
- Image/sheet: 100.7 × 46.5 cm (39 11/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Solomon B. Smith
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Reference Number
- 1978.30
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Copyright
- © 2018 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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