First Stone

Description

This is Frankenthaler’s first print at Universal Limited Art Editions (U.L.A.E.) and demonstrates her playful experimentation with tusche wash and crayon to capture her painterly gesture. She manipulated the tusche with various implements, including facial tissues, a stick, and her finger.

First Stone

Helen Frankenthaler

1961

Accession Number

97465

Medium

Color lithograph from five stones on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 56.5 × 76.2 cm (22 1/4 × 30 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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