
Painted Book Cover #30
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Helen Frankenthaler
1928 - 2001
Painted Book Cover #30
signed (on the lateral edge); signed and numbered 30 (on the title page)
acrylic on canvas-bound book
11 by 11 ¾ by 1 ½ in.
27.9 by 29.8 by 3.8 cm.
Executed in 1971, this work is number 30 from a series of 62 unique hand-painted covers on the artist's monograph by Barbara Rose, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Aaron and Anita Tilton, Wisconsin
Private Collection, Wisconsin (acquired by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above in July 2025 by the present owner
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Helen Frankenthaler: Painted Book Covers, May - June 1973
John Elderfield, Frankenthaler, New York 1989, p. 242, other examples illustrated in color
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