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DiaporamaNature Abhors a Vacuum
1973
263.0 x 285.0 cm
This nearly abstract painting is created with flowing bands and triangular forms of mostly single colors in caramel brown, pine and spring green, apricot orange, plum purple, or fuchsia, with some bands of unpainted canvas in this horizontal painting. A wide, tan-colored band rises from the lower left corner toward the upper right. There are triangular forms in pumpkin orange to our left and another near the lower right. With the brown band, they recall hills along a valley. Pink, orange, deep purple, and fuchsia are painted in bands in the lower right corner and across the bottom. Above the tan band, a wide swath of spring and dark green may suggest hills beyond, with swirling yellow, black, pink, and blue under a patch of lavender purple that spans the top edge of the canvas, which could be the sky. The painting is signed and dated at the lower right corner, “Frankenthaler ’73.”
Helen Frankenthaler (1928 – 2011)
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About this artwork
- Title: Nature Abhors a Vacuum
- Artist: Helen Frankenthaler
- Year: 1973
- Original dimensions: 263.0 x 285.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Main color: Blush
- Perceived brightness: brilliant
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