Harvard Art Museums > 2003.50: Corona Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Corona (Helen Frankenthaler) , 2003.50,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/50187. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.50 People Helen Frankenthaler, American (New York NY 1928 - 2011 Darien, Connecticut) Title Corona Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1979 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/50187 Physical Descriptions Medium Acrylic paint on canvas Dimensions 167.64 x 243.84 cm (66 x 96 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r. in red paint inscription: back of canvas, red pencil, signed: Frankenthaler "Corona" '79 [artist's name/signature, title, and date] stamp: stretcher: Andre Emmerich Galleries stamp Provenance Recorded Ownership History Herbert and Mildred Lee, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Lee Copyright © Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.50 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description A large, horizontally oriented acrylic on canvas. The dominant ochre/orange color of the background is soaked into the unprimed canvas using Frankenthaler's traditional stain painting technique. Broad areas of green seem to have been applied over the ochre, but with a similarly thin and wash-like paint. The most prominent element in the work is the horizontal strip of yellow impasto that runs across the canvas, about a third of the way up from the bottom. The matte surface is also flecked with other splotches of thicker paint, in gray, pink, and orange. Commentary Helen Frankenthaler was a leading member of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists. Her "soak-stain" painting technique had a significant impact on artists of 1950s and 1960s, particularly on Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis, who are both represented in the Fogg's collection. Corona was created during a period of transition when the artist began to combine her stain technique with areas of dense impasto. This work, along with Rex, is the first painting by the artist to enter the collection. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
