- Features 36 woodcuts by Helen Frankenthaler- Essay by Jane Findlay-
Includes the text, The Romance of Learning a New Medium for an Artist,
by Helen Frankenthaler. First published in The Print Collector's
Newsletter, July-August 1977With a career that spanned six decades,
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) is recognized as eminent among the
second generation of American Abstract Expressionist artists of the
post-war era. She experimented tirelessly throughout her six-decade long
career, producing a large body of work across multiple mediums. Marking
the 10th anniversary of the artist's death and published to coincide
with the major exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, this book shines a
light on the artist's ground-breaking woodcuts and reveals Frankenthaler
as a trailblazer of the printmaking movement who endlessly pushed
possibilities through her experimentation.