Helen FrankenthalerAmerican, 1928–2011Persian Garden
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Persian Garden” now? Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 72.149
In the catalog
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- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Image: Whitney Museum of American Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Helen Frankenthaler
The whole life1963
A switch to acrylic paints
From 1963 she uses acrylic paints rather than oils, because they allow for both opacity and sharpness on the canvas.
1964
The “Post-Painterly Abstraction” exhibition
Clement Greenberg includes her in the exhibition “Post-Painterly Abstraction”, which introduces a newer generation of abstract painting that comes to be known as colour field.
1968
The Temple Gold Medal
She receives the Temple Gold Medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
