About this artwork
The principal compositional element in Persian Garden was drawn by simply puddling the liquid tusche and letting it flow naturally over the stone’s porous surface. The effect mimics the “soak-stain” technique Frankenthaler had developed in her paintings.
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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
- Persian Garden
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1965–1966
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Medium
- Color lithograph from three stones on cream wove paper
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Dimensions
- Sheet: 65.3 × 50 cm (25 3/4 × 19 11/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund
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Reference Number
- 1982.465
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Copyright
- © 2018 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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