Helen Frankenthaler by Burt Glinn, Black-and-White Photograph of Woman Artist, Painter New York City 1950s.
Helen Frankenthaler by Burt Glinn, Painter in the Studio, Black-and-White Photography of Woman Artist 1950s
Helen Frankenthaler by Burt Glinn, Painter in the Studio, Black-and-White Photography of Woman Artist 1950s
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Helen Frankenthaler by Burt Glinn, Painter in the Studio, Black-and-White Photography of Woman Artist 1950s

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A portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York. Glinn captures the celebrated artist, Frankenthaler, in the process of making art - surrounded by paint, materials, and in the creative flow.

Frankenthaler remains a major American woman artist and female force of nature in the history of 20th century art. In Burt Glinn's documentary portrait of the abstract painter busy at work in her West End Avenue studio in New York City is from the 1950s.

Helen Frankenthaler in her Studio, 1957 by Burt Glinn is a gelatin silver estate print, 20" x 16", signed and stamped, authenticated by the Glinn estate with signature on photo back.

Provenance: Glinn Estate

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Artist’s Bio:

Born 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, photographer Burt Glinn worked for LIFE magazine before joining Magnum photo agency. He photographed personalities throughout the 1950s and 60s, continuing to work commercially and editorially for more than five decades in the US and abroad on assignment, until his death in 2008.

The artist photographed revolutionary leader Fidel Castro entrance into Havana, Cuba, celebrity and art luminaries such as Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler. Subject matter included the social scene of the rich, the dirtiness of politics, and the humorous. Glinn received numerous awards for his editorial and commercial photography.

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