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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
Collection
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Collection
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Creator Name:
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Helen Frankenthaler
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Helen Frankenthaler
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality/Dates:
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United States, born 1928
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United States, born 1928
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Creator Role:
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artist
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artist
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Title:
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Before the Caves
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Before the Caves
Title
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Date:
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1958
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1958
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Materials:
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oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
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Current Location:
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
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Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Current Location
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-2250
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Berkeley, California 94720-2250
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Object ID:
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1966.63
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1966.63
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Notes:
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Characteristic of Helen Frankenthaler's paintings of the 1950s, Before the Caves consists of swirling stains of colors. Her staining process was a significant new direction that followed after Jackson Pollock's drip paintings and led the way to color field painting. In this process, washes of oil paint are quickly applied to raw canvas. The watery consistency of the paint results in luminous colors and many accidental splashes that enhance the emotional quality of the artist's gestures.
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Characteristic of Helen Frankenthaler's paintings of the 1950s, Before the Caves consists of swirling stains of colors. Her staining process was a significant new direction that followed after Jackson Pollock's drip paintings and led the way to color field painting. In this process, washes of oil paint are quickly applied to raw canvas. The watery consistency of the paint results in luminous colors and many accidental splashes that enhance the emotional quality of the artist's gestures.
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Notes:
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Months after this painting was completed, Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell, both of whom had recently studied with artist and teacher Hans Hofmann, traveled to the caves of Altamira on their honeymoon. The twice present, floating numeral "173" is actually the same as Motherwell's house number at the time.
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Months after this painting was completed, Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell, both of whom had recently studied with artist and teacher Hans Hofmann, traveled to the caves of Altamira on their honeymoon. The twice present, floating numeral "173" is actually the same as Motherwell's house number at the time.
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Acquisition Information:
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Anonymous gift
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Anonymous gift
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Collection Description:
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hyperlink
Collection Description
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft8k4007q h
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