A Slice of the Stone Itself

Description

With A Slice of the Stone Itself, Frankenthaler began using dramatic paper tone as an additional color element in her prints.

A Slice of the Stone Itself

Helen Frankenthaler

1969

Accession Number

97505

Medium

Color lithograph from two stones on grayish tan laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 45.4 × 36 cm (17 7/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 49.2 × 38.1 cm (19 3/8 × 15 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund