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ALPHA 137 GALLERY

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Helen Frankenthaler, Red Frame, offset lithograph with hand signed, handwritten inscription

Helen Frankenthaler
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Description

Helen Frankenthaler
Red Frame, offset lithograph with hand signed, handwritten inscription

Offset lithograph with Handwritten and signed letter ("Merry! Happy! All the best as we walk into the '90s), 1989

Offset lithograph with Handwritten letter on fold out card. Hand signed.
7 × 4 4/5 in

17.8 × 12.2 cm

Lovely handwritten letter in green ink to Bill Thomas Lumpkins (founder of Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts), held in fold out offset lithograph card depicting Frankenthaler's 1964 painting "Red Frame" at the Sheldon Art Museum in Nebraska. The handwritten letter, dated 25 December '89 reads:
Merry! Happy!
All the best to you Bobbie and Bill, my buddies, as we walk into the 90s! /Tried you by phone today, no luck; having a good time wherever you are? It's COLD! But warm of (Heart drawing). Call upon receipt of this, and meantime xoxxo fond thoughts Helen. The card folds upon; the header image shows the cover of the card as well as the inside note.

Measurements

Height:   4.45
Width:   7.00