Helen Frankenthaler, Untitled, from the estate of Stephen Poleskie (Berggruen 11, Clark 12, Harrison and Boorsch 11), 1967

Helen Frankenthaler

Untitled, from the estate of Stephen Poleskie (Berggruen 11, Clark 12, Harrison and Boorsch 11), 1967

Color silkscreen on wove paper

Untitled color silkscreen, 1967
A unique unsigned proof of this celebrated graphic work with superb provenance
Unsigned Proof, aside from the regular edition of 100
Provenance: Acquired from the estate of Stephen Poleskie, founder of The famed Chiron Press, which collaborated closely with Helen Frankenthaler on this edition
Catalogue references: Berggruen 11, Clark 12, Harrison and Boorsch 11
Other examples of this edition are in the collections of major museums and cultural institutions
Renowned master printmaker Stephen Poleskie moved to New York in 1962 to pursue an artistic career and rented a modest studio on East 10th Street, then a veritable hotbed of the New York artistic scene (among his neighbors and friends were Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Frank O’Hara and Louise Nevelson). Within a year, he’d taken a lease on another space on East 11th Street to open a fine art screenprinting studio—the first of its kind in New York. The workshop became known as Chiron Press and by 1964 had relocated to a larger, more suitable space at 76 Jefferson Street on the Lower East Side near the Manhattan Bridge.
Poleskie moved to New York in 1962 to pursue an artistic career and rented a modest studio on East 10th Street, then a veritable hotbed of the New York artistic scene (among his neighbors and friends were Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Frank O’Hara and Louise Nevelson). Within a year, he’d taken a lease on another space on East 11th Street to open a fine art screenprinting studio—the first of its kind in New York. The workshop became known as Chiron Press and by 1964 had relocated to a larger, more suitable space at 76 Jefferson Street on the Lower East Side near the Manhattan Bridge.
Pioneering abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler, was the daughter of a prominent federal judge. She grew up in Manhattan, attended The Dalton School and then Bennington College before she went on to become one of the most important artists of the 20th Century. An important part of her practice was printmaking. Stephen Poleskie said of Frankenthaler,
“Although a prominent member of the avant-garde, Helen was not exactly a bohemian. She drove down to my shop from her uptown residence in her white Mercedes-Benz convertible.”

Provenance: Estate of Stephen Poleskie, founder of Chiron Press, New York, which collaborated closely with Frankenthaler