A Page From A Book III 1997

Helen Frankenthaler made this print, A Page From A Book III, with color and line. It’s like looking into a diary page from a painter! I can imagine Helen hovering over the plate, coaxing the inks into these juicy blooms of pink and pools of blues, and laying down that canary yellow line. What was she thinking? Probably not about perfection, but more about feeling. The beauty of prints is that they invite play – she probably made a whole series of these. The thinness of the paint feels contemporary, but the gesture is ancient, a connection to all the cave painters, ceramic painters, and sign painters that came before her. We are all looking for a way to get some color and feeling down!