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