Lithograph on paper
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Door
Purchased 1980
abstraction
colour
irregular forms
non-representational
paper print lithograph
Door
image: 581 × 781 mm
Purchased 1980
<p><b>P07394</b> DOOR 1976–9
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Frankenthaler 76–79’ bottom right and ‘5/34’
<br/>Lithograph, printed and published by Universal Limited Art Editions, New York, 22 7/8×30 3/4 (57×78)
<br/>Purchased from Universal Limited Art Editions (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
<br/>Lit: Thomas Krens, Helen Frankenthaler Prints 1961–79, New York 1980, no.69
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<br/>'Door’ relates closely to ‘Bronze Smoke’ (op.cit., no.66) and ‘Altitude’ (op.cit., no.67) in that the three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> are each drawn on two stones, the first stone having been drawn in 1976, and the second in 1978. In all three, the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> is used as an active colour in the print and not as a neutral support. In the case of ‘Door’ this is a blue 1927 J. Whatman.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction colour irregular forms non-representational