Buzzards Bay

Date1959

Maker Helen Frankenthaler American, 1928 - 2011

Object number65.182

Provenance{Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York]; purchased by Anne (1910-2005) and Sidney Gerber (d.1965), Seattle, Washington, likely 1959; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1965

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Andre Emmerich Gallery, Helen Frankenthaler, 1959. Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, American Women: 20th Century, Sept. 15 - Oct. 29, 1972. Cat. no. 23, pp. 34, 71. Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 20th Century Painting From Collections In The State Of Washington, dates unknown, 1966. Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no., reproduced. San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, Post-War Modernism, Nov. 4 - Dec. 31, 1977. Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Contemporary American Art: A Portland Perspective, Nov. 28 1984 - Jan. 20, 1985. Tampa, Florida, Tampa Museum of Art, At The Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes, Dec. 9, 1989 - Feb. 25, 1990 (Vero Beach, Florida, Center for the Arts, May 4 - June 17, 1990; Virginia Beach, Virginia, Center for the Arts, July 8 - Sept. 2, 1990; Little Rock, Arkansas Arts Center, Nov. 8, 1990 - Jan. 6, 1991. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, International Abstraction: Making Painting Real, May 2, 2003 - Feb. 29, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism and Craft, Part 1, Mar. 16, 2013 - Mar. 16, 2014. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Elles: SAM - Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists, Oct. 6, 2012 - Feb. 17, 2013.Published ReferencesHudson, Andrew. "A 'Freshness of Eye' Wafted in From the West Coast." The Washington Post (1966). San Jose Museum of Art, "Post War Modernism, American Series" San Jose: San Jose Museum of Art, 1978 Vaughan, William, "Encyclopedia of Artists" New York: Oxford University Press, 2000

Credit LineGift of Sidney and Anne Gerber

Dimensions59 5/8 x 45 in. (151.5 x 114.3 cm)

MediumOil on canvas