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Helen Smith

Helen Smith

SHAPERO MODERN, SENIOR MANAGER – GALLERY AND SALES

Helen joined the Shapero Modern team in January 2022. Having begun her career as a junior specialist in the prints department of a major auction house she then went on to work for a series of blue-chip galleries in London. As Gallery Manager, Helen oversees the running of our Maddox Street gallery, organising and promoting exhibitions and events, as well as joining Tabitha at Art Fairs at home and abroad.

helen@shapero.com
+44 (0)20 3693 2175

Selected by Helen Smith

110737
FRANKENTHALER, Helen

Contentment Island

Stock Code 110737

2004.

Helen Frankenthaler was an integral member of the second wave of Abstract Expressionists and a trailblazer of the modern printmaking movement. The artist enjoyed pushing the boundaries of printmaking and in the 1950s, created the 'soak-stain' method, in which she applied washes of thinned paint to unprimed canvas to create vivid, fluid areas of colour resulting in profound abstract landscapes.

The present piece, 'Contentment Island,' is titled after the artist's final home and studio in Darien, Connecticut. Made in the last decade of her life, this piece demonstrates Frankenthaler's expert use of the renowned 'soak-stain' technique to create a unique harmony between colour and form.

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