The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Humming Gold
1971
(American, 1928–2011)
Framed: 208.5 x 277 x 4 cm (82 1/16 x 109 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 205.7 x 274.2 cm (81 x 107 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Dennis Sherwin 2009.294
© Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
Description
Though deeply influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Helen Frankenthaler succeeded in developing a visual language which has its very own identity. Her so-called soak-stain technique of staining pigment into raw canvas helped shape an influential art movement in the mid 20th century and led to works of impressive transparency and lucidity. In circling around the recurrent themes of spatial ambiguity and landscape, Frankenthaler’s paintings open up a deep, nearly infinite pictorial space. Surrounded by golden color, the dark green, gray, and white form in Humming Gold seems to spring back and forth on the picture plane, floating in a space of uncertain depth. The subtle red line may evoke a horizontal line, giving the viewer an idea about one’s own scale and position in relation to the painting.- November 30, 1971(Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc.)c. 1972(Marvin J. Gerstin Advertising Agency, Inc. Washington, D.C., via Henri Gallery, sold to Dennis Sherwin)c. 1972–2009Dennis Sherwin, [1937-2008], Bermuda, by bequest, to the Cleveland Museum of Art2009–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 119; reproduced: P. 112-113
- Helen Frankenthaler. Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (November 6-December 1, 1971)
- {{cite web|title=Humming Gold|url=false|author=Helen Frankenthaler|year=1971|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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