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    Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints

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    2 - 3 May 2000

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    • HELEN FRANKENTHALER (b. 1928)
    Lot 308

    HELEN FRANKENTHALER (b. 1928)

    First Stone (Harrison 1)

    Price realised

    USD 9,400

    Estimate

    USD 8,000 - USD 12,000

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    HELEN FRANKENTHALER (b. 1928)
    First Stone (Harrison 1)
    lithograph in colors, 1961, on Arches, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 2/12 (there were also 5 unnumbered artist's proofs), published by ULAE, with full margins, two pinholes in the blank at lower left, very pale time staining, remains of old glue at the reverse of the margin corners, otherwise in good condition, framed
    S. 22¼ x 29.7/8 in. (565 x 758 mm.)

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    Lot Essay

    This is the impression illustrated in Pegram Harrison's catalogue raisonné of Frankenthaler's graphic work.

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