Venus Revealed

1973

Helen Frankenthaler

American, 1928 - 2011

Acrylic on canvas

108 x 81 in. (274.3 x 205.7 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2014.25.22

Provenance: [Andre Emmerich, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Jan. 1973

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryPullman, Washington, Fine Art Gallery, Washington State University, Contemporary American Abstract Painting 1960 - 1974, Nov. 1 - 22, 1974.

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960, Feb. 1 - Mar. 16, 1975. Text by Thomas N. Maytham, et al. Cat. no. 3., unpaginated.

Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings 1969 - 1974, Apr. 20 - June 1, 1975 (Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts, Oct. 14 - Nov. 23, 1975).

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4 - May 5, 1999. Text by Trevor Fairbrother. No cat. no., reproduced p. 86 - 87 (detail), 178.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Elles: SAM - Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists, Oct. 6, 2012 - Feb. 17, 2013.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, Oct. 23, 2020 - Jan. 18, 2021.

Published ReferencesBiehle, M. "Modern and Contemporary Artwork Moving to SAM." Seattle Refined, Jan. 4, 2015, reproduced, unpaginated.

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