Essence Mulberry

Description

What Frankenthaler had only just begun to explore in her woodcuts at Universal Limited Art Editions (U.L.A.E.) emerged as a tour de force when she worked with Kenneth Tyler at Tyler Graphics. Abandoning the jigsaw, Frankenthaler invented a technique she called “guzzying.” She worked the wood’s surface with a variety of implements to create an uneven, undulating surface that, when combined with transparent inks, produced watercolor-like effects.

Essence Mulberry

Helen Frankenthaler

1977

Accession Number

94582

Medium

Color woodcut from four blocks on tan Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 100.7 × 46.5 cm (39 11/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

Classification

woodcut

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Solomon B. Smith