Message from Degas

Artist Helen Frankenthaler American, 1928–2011

Date1972–1974

MediumIntaglio - three plates: aquatint, liquid aquatint (brandy), and etching

Dimensionsoverall: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
plate: 7 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (18.4 × 24.8 cm)
frame: 16 1/8 × 22 1/16 in. (41 × 56 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.75.11.6

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated New York, 1970; collection of the artist. [Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.]; sold to NCMA, 1975.Published ReferencesHelen Frankenthaler Prints: 1961-1979 (New York: Harper & Row, published in association with Williams College Artist-in-Residence Program), cat. no. 53, illus. (color) 59.
Exhibition HistoryFayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Art Museum, "The Artist and Society: The Black Mountain Community," April 17-May 1, 1977.

High Point, NC, High Point Arts Council, special exhibition, September 1-30, 1977.

Rocky Mount, NC, Rocky Mount Arts Center, "Black Mountain College Retrospective," January 15-February 28, 1978; Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, March 14-May 14, 1978.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Works on Paper: 1943-1974," July 12-October 16, 1983.
Object Rights Statement

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.