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Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

Artist Helen Frankenthaler American, 1928–2011
Date2000
MediumWoodcut on three sheets of handmade paper from woodblocks carved using traditional ukiyo-e techniques (ed. 32)
Dimensionsheight and width: 41 1/2 × 79 1/2 in. (105.4 × 201.9 cm)
height, width, and depth (framed): 46 × 83 3/4 × 2 in. (116.8 × 212.7 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Mary and Jim Patton
Object number2025.8.2
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2000; given to James R. Patton, Jr. (1928–2020) [Knoedler & Company], 2000; Bequeathed to James Macon Patton and Lindsay Patton Kull, 2020; Given to NCMA 2025. Object Rights Statement

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