Captain's Watch
Artist
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928–2011
Date1986
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions76 3/4 x 58 3/4 in. (194.9 x 149.2 cm)
Frame: 78 1/2 x 60 1/2 in. (199.4 x 153.7 cm)
Frame: 78 1/2 x 60 1/2 in. (199.4 x 153.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mary and Jim Patton
Object number2014.20.21
On View
On viewPublished ReferencesHelen Frankenthaler: New Paintings (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1986), illus. pl. 8
T.R. [Timothy Riggs], entry for Captain’s Watch in Space, Abstraction and Freedom: Twentieth-Century Art from the Collection of Mary and Jim Patton (Chapel Hill: Ackland Art Museum 2011), no. 6, illus. (color) 41.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Andre Emmerich Gallery, “Helen Frankenthaler: New Paintings,” October 9–November 1, 1986, no. 8, illus. (color).
Chapel Hill, NC, Ackland Art Museum, “Space, Abstraction and Freedom: Twentieth-Century Art from the Collection of Mary and Jim Patton,” September 9–November 11, 2001, no. 6, illus (color), 41.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “The Patton Collection: A Gift to North Carolina,” March 28–August 23, 2015.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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