Abstract Expressionism

4 - 27 April 2024
Overview
The main focus of the exhibition will be on that maverick of modern printmaking and second-generation Abstract Expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) together with artists that inspired her and worked alongside her. Frankenthaler came of age in the midst of the avant-garde art scene in New York in the 1950s and grew to become one of the most influential Abstract Expressionists. Although influenced by first-generation artists like Willem de Kooning and most significantly, Jackson Pollock, her own painterly style was ultimately a departure from theirs, expanding the possibilities of abstraction and eventually transitioning into Colour Field painting. This exhibition explores Frankenthaler’s differences as well as similarities with works on paper from some of the most significant first and second-generation Abstract Expressionists, including Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Clyfford Still, among others.
Works
  • Willem DE KOONING, Quatre Lithographies, 1986
    Willem DE KOONING
    Quatre Lithographies, 1986
    Each signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100 (there were also 50 numbered with Roman numerals)
    The complete set of four lithographs in colours
    28 x 25 in
    71 x 63.5 cm
    (each sheet)
    Sold
  • Willem DE KOONING, Landscape at Stanton Street , 1971
    Willem DE KOONING
    Landscape at Stanton Street , 1971
    Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 60
    Lithograph
    29 3/4 x 22 in
    75.7 x 56 cm
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Southern Exposure, 2005
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Southern Exposure, 2005
    Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 128
    Screenprint in colours
    30 1/8 x 36 7/8 in
    76.5 x 93.7 cm
    Sold
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Mary, Mary, 1990
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Mary, Mary, 1990
    Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 72 (there were also 9 Artist’s Proofs)
    Screenprint and offset lithograph in colours
    42 x 32 in
    106.7 x 81.3 cm
    £ 25,000.00
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Ramblas, 1987
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Ramblas, 1987
    Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75,
    Lithograph, drypoint, etching in colours
    34 1/4 x 26 3/4 in
    87 x 68 cm
    £ 8,500.00
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Contentment Island, 2004
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Contentment Island, 2004
    Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from edition of 128
    Screenprint in colours
    37 1/2 x 30 1/4 in
    95.3 x 76.8 cm
    Sold
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Flotilla, 2006
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Flotilla, 2006
    Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 120.
    Screenprint in colours
    31 x 37 in
    78.7 x 94 cm
    £ 17,500.00
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Orient Express #6, 1977
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Orient Express #6, 1977
    Signed and dated 'Frankenthaler '77' in pencil
    Acrylic on paper
    24 x 39 in
    61 x 99 cm
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Soho Dreams, 1987
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Soho Dreams, 1987
    Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 71 (there were also 8 artist’s proofs), published by 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome, with their blindstamp
    Etching, aquatint and drypoint in colours, on Magnani paper
    25 1/2 x 30 3/4 in
    64.8 x 78.1 cm
    £ 10,000.00
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Reflections II, 1995
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Reflections II, 1995
    Signed and dated in pencil, inscribed ‘P.P.’ a printer’s proof, aside from the standard edition of 30
    Lithograph in colours
    26 3/4 x 21 in
    67.9 x 53.3 cm
  • Sam Francis, Seal Sail (SF-92) , 1969
    Sam Francis
    Seal Sail (SF-92) , 1969
    Signed and inscribed ‘AP’ in pencil, an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 20
    Lithograph in colours
    36 1/8 x 25 1/8 in
    91.8 x 63.8 cm
    £ 4,500.00
  • Sam Francis, Untitled (SF65-121), 1965
    Sam Francis
    Untitled (SF65-121), 1965
    Acrylic painting
    21 5/8 x 13 in
    55 x 33 cm
  • Sam Francis, Untitled SF79-011 (Acrylic Collage), 1979
    Sam Francis
    Untitled SF79-011 (Acrylic Collage), 1979
    Stamp signed by the artist, with the Sam Francis Estate Stamp on the reverse
    Acrylic painting and collage
    16 7/8 x 21 1/2 in
    42.9 x 54.5 cm
  • Sam Francis, Untitled SF87-071 (Acrylic), 1987
    Sam Francis
    Untitled SF87-071 (Acrylic), 1987
    Stamp signed in ink with artist’s signature ‘Sam Francis’ verso and it bears the ink stamp of the Sam Francis Estate, verso, the reference numbers ‘S1-91I SF-87’ are annotated, verso.
    Acrylic painting
    26 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    68 x 50 cm
  • Sam Francis, Untitled, 1982
    Sam Francis
    Untitled, 1982
    Signed by the artist in pencil
    Monotype in colours on handmade paper
    78 1/8 x 42 3/4 in
    198.5 x 108.5 cm
    £ 75,000.00
  • Sam Francis, Untitled (SF-272), 1984
    Sam Francis
    Untitled (SF-272), 1984
    SIgned in pencil, numbered from the edition of 250
    Offset lithograph in colours
    42 x 28 3/4 in
    106.7 x 73 cm
    £ 8,000.00
  • Sam Francis, For the Blue Sons of the Air, 1990
    Sam Francis
    For the Blue Sons of the Air, 1990
    Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 150
    Screenprint in colours
    53 3/8 x 32 in
    135.6 x 81.3 cm
    Shapero - Sam Francis, For the Blue Sons of the Air, 1990
    £ 8,500.00
  • Sam Francis, Untitled (SFE-081), 1991
    Sam Francis
    Untitled (SFE-081), 1991
    Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 27
    Aquatint
    24 1/4 x 17 1/2 in
    61.6 x 44.5 cm
    Shapero - Sam Francis, Untitled (SFE-081), 1991
    £ 4,000.00
  • Sam Francis, Trietto 4 (SFE-077 RC), 1991
    Sam Francis
    Trietto 4 (SFE-077 RC), 1991
    Signed in pencil, numbered IV/XIV, an artist’s proof in Roman Numerals, aside from the standard edition of 66
    Aquatint in colours
    53 1/4 x 65 1/2 in
    135.3 x 166.4 cm
    £ 15,000.00
  • Sam Francis, Trietto 3 (SFE-076 RC), 1991
    Sam Francis
    Trietto 3 (SFE-076 RC), 1991
    Signed in pencil, numbered from the standard edition of 66
    Aquatint in colours
    38 1/4 x 53 1/4 in
    97.2 x 135.3 cm
    £ 12,500.00
  • Sam Francis, Untitled (SFE-085), ca. 1992
    Sam Francis
    Untitled (SFE-085), ca. 1992
    Signed and annotated ‘trial proof’ in pencil, a trial proof aside from the standard edition of 28.
    Aquatint
    28 3/8 x 18 1/2 in
    72 x 47 cm
    Sold
  • Philip Guston, Pile Up, 1980
    Philip Guston
    Pile Up, 1980
    With the artist's estate stamp as issued, numbered from the edition of 50 (there were also eleven artist's proofs)
    Lithograph
    19 3/4 x 29 3/4 in
    50.2 x 75.6 cm
    Shapero - Philip Guston, Pile Up, 1980
    £ 7,500.00
  • Robert MOTHERWELL, Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88, 1986
    Robert MOTHERWELL
    Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88, 1986
    Signed in pencil by the artist, numbered from the edition of 100 (there were also 20 artist’s proofs and 10 hors commerce impressions)
    Lithograph in colours with collage
    22 x 15 in
    56 x 38 cm
  • Robert MOTHERWELL, Three Forms, 1988
    Robert MOTHERWELL
    Three Forms, 1988
    Signed in pencil by the artist with his monogram, ‘RM’, numbered from the edition of 50 (there were also ten artist’s proofs numbered with Roman numerals),
    Etching and aquatint in colours
    19 3/4 x 30 7/8 in
    50 x 78.5 cm
  • Robert MOTHERWELL, Elegy Study, 1979
    Robert MOTHERWELL
    Elegy Study, 1979
    Signed with the artist’s initials in pencil, numbered from the edition of 98 (there were also 12 artist’s proofs)
    Lithograph
    25 1/4 x 37 1/2 in
    64.1 x 95.3 cm
  • Robert MOTHERWELL, On the Wing, 1984
    Robert MOTHERWELL
    On the Wing, 1984
    Signed by the artist in pencil, numbered from the edition of 70 (there were also 20 artist’s proofs),
    Lithograph, embossing and collage
    46 3/4 x 30 1/2 in
    118.7 x 77.5 cm
  • Robert MOTHERWELL, Red Sea I, 1976
    Robert MOTHERWELL
    Red Sea I, 1976
    Signed by the artist in pencil, numbered from the edition of 70 (there were also 20 artist’s proofs),
    Lift-ground etching and aquatint in colours
    41 1/2 x 29 1/4 in
    105.4 x 74.3 cm
  • Kenneth NOLAND, Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm portfolio, 1973
    Kenneth NOLAND
    Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm portfolio, 1973
    Signed by the artist, inscribed ‘Printer’s Proof’, a proof aside from the edition of 18
    Screenprint in colours
    9 x 11 3/4 in
    23 x 30 cm
    Shapero - Kenneth NOLAND, Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm portfolio, 1973
    £ 1,500.00