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Previous Sales 242

Christie's
The Last Minute in April
The Last Minute in April, 1974
$3,003,000
May 2026
Sotheby's
Perseus
Perseus, 1983
$1,800,000
May 2026
Sotheby's
St. John
St. John, 1971
$1,400,000
May 2026
Sotheby's
Arriving in Africa
Arriving in Africa, 1970
Unknown
May 2026
Sotheby's
Cape Orange
Cape Orange, 1964
Unknown
May 2026
Christie's
Strike
Strike, 1965
$1,492,250
Feb 2026
Christie's
Canal Street X
Canal Street X, 1987
$177,800
Feb 2026
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1978
$177,800
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Mauve Hill
Mauve Hill, 1966
$954,650
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Non-Symmetry
Non-Symmetry, 1959
$230,400
Feb 2026
Christie's
As Remembered
As Remembered, 1971
$2,759,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Winter Rose
Winter Rose, 1977
$571,500
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1966
$825,500
Sep 2025
Sotheby's
Four Color Square
Four Color Square, 1965
$127,000
May 2025
Christie's
Cloud Harbor
Cloud Harbor, 1974
$2,107,000
May 2025
Christie's
High Desert
High Desert, 1986
$882,000
May 2025
Christie's
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel, 1975
$882,000
May 2025
Christie's
Basin
Basin, 1979
$4,527,000
May 2025
Christie's
Tales of Genji V, from Tales of Genji
Tales of Genji V, from Tales of Genji
$69,300
Apr 2025
Christie's
Blue Current
Blue Current
$27,720
Apr 2025
Christie's
Concerto
Concerto, 1982
$2,107,000
Feb 2025
Christie's
Stone
Stone, 1983
$1,683,500
Nov 2024
Christie's
Enigma
Enigma, 1975
$1,260,000
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly, 2000
$384,000
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Tight Rope
Tight Rope, 1969
$360,000
Sep 2024

For Sale 4

DaMats Fine Art Collaborative · 1stDibs
Spring Run XVI
Spring Run XVI
$44,000
Shapero Modern · 1stDibs
Flotilla
Flotilla
$28,815
Shapero Modern · 1stDibs
Mary, Mary
Mary, Mary
$41,165
Antonio's Bella Casa · 1stDibs
"Sirocco" Mixographia
"Sirocco" Mixographia
$48,800
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Market1,616 auction results

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$1.5K – $7.9M
195 of 209 paintings lots with prices
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$944K
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$523K
195 priced paintings lots
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May 2026 · $3.0M
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Paintings: $523K medianWorks on paper: $50.6K medianSculpture/objects: $1.7M medianEditioned prints: $10.2K medianBooks/portfolios: $34.2K medianPosters/ephemera: $5.7K medianEditioned objects: $19.1K medianUnclassified lots: $18.4K median
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Prizes & Awards1

Temple Gold Medal
Winner 1968
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Education2

Bennington College
Dalton School
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Publications14

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Frankenthaler
Abrams · 1996

Monograph 3

Frankenthaler
Rizzoli · 2024
The heroine Paint
Rizzoli · 2015
Helen Frankenthaler
Abrams · 1989

Exhibition Catalog 4

Helen Frankenthaler Author
MoMA Publications · 2014
Action Painting
Hatje Cantz · 2008
After Mountains and Sea Author
Abrams · 1998
Helen Frankenthaler Author
MoMA Publications · 1989

Survey 5

Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History
Phaidon Press · 2024
Encounters with Artists
Thames & Hudson · 2023
Great Women Painters
Phaidon Press · 2022
Artists in Love
Rizzoli · 2016
The American Art Book
Phaidon Press

Artist Book 1

Valentine for Mr. Wonderful Author
Rizzoli · 1996
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Current Exhibitions3

#1 Gagosian

The Moment and the Distance

Helen Frankenthaler

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Apr 30, 2026 — Jul 2, 2026

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#6,131 Belmacz

Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

45 Davies St, London W1K 4LX, United Kingdom

Apr 18, 2026 — Jul 17, 2026

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

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50 Years of Groundbreaking Work: Kunstmuseum Basel Puts Helen Frankenthaler Front and Center
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Past Exhibitions25

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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Art Institute of Chicago

Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury

Yayoi Kusama, Jackson Pollock, Luchita Hurtado, Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Otto Piene, Roberto Matta, Sam Gilliam

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Jan 1, 2026

Exhibition Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury Jun 27–Oct 19, 2026

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Helen Frankenthaler: The Joy of Color

Helen Frankenthaler

1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005, USA

Jan 1, 2026

Exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: The Joy of Color Through September 20, 2026 Caroline Wiess Law Building Discover More

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Helen Frankenthaler: Painting Without Rules

Helen Frankenthaler

Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Nov 4, 2025

Helen Frankenthaler: Painting Without Rules04.11.2025 - 09.28.2025

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#3,429 Rukaj Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler Painter as Printmaker

Helen Frankenthaler

384 Eglinton Ave.W.

Sep 1, 2025 — Oct 15, 2025

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Helen Frankenthaler: Pintura sin reglas

Helen Frankenthaler

Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Apr 11, 2025 — Sep 28, 2025

Helen Frankenthaler: Pintura sin reglas11.04.2025 - 28.09.2025

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#1 Gagosian

Painting on Paper, 1990–2002

Helen Frankenthaler

Via Francesco Crispi, 16, 00187 Roma RM, Italy

Sep 30, 2024 — Nov 23, 2024

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#1,441 Shapero Modern

Abstract Expressionism

Helen Frankenthaler

Apr 4, 2024 — Apr 27, 2024

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#87 Leslie Sacks Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

2525 Michigan Ave b6, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United States

Feb 24, 2024 — Apr 20, 2024

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#1 Gagosian

An Ideal Landscape

Helen Frankenthaler

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Feb 9, 2021 — Mar 27, 2021

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

At One Stroke: Prints by Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

Jan 31, 2020 — Aug 23, 2020

At One Stroke: Prints by Helen Frankenthaler January 31, 2020–August 23, 2020 Frances M. Maguire Gallery Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building

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#1 Gagosian

Sea Change: A Decade of Paintings, 1974–1983

Helen Frankenthaler

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 13, 2019 — Jun 11, 2019

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#611 Yares Art

Helen Frankenthaler Selected Paintings

Helen Frankenthaler

745 5th Ave, New York, NY 10151, USA

Mar 2, 2019 — May 18, 2019

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#953 The Greenberg Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Nov 9, 2018 — Jan 31, 2019

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#611 Yares Art

Helen Frankenthaler + L, M, N, O, P

Helen Frankenthaler

745 5th Ave, New York, NY 10151, USA

Oct 27, 2016 — Jan 25, 2017

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#7,046 Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art

What Red Lines Can Do

Helen Frankenthaler

Chelsea Art Building, 526 W 26th St suite 508, New York, NY 10001, USA

Jul 14, 2016 — Aug 18, 2016

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Huntington Museum of Art

Macy’s Presents: WWW.PAPER (Women Working with Paper)

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marcia Marx, Lee Bontecou, Yvonne Jacquette, Helen Frankenthaler, Kiki Smith, Miriam Schapiro, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lesley Dill, Maggie Taylor, Janet Fish, Lynda Benglis, Alison Saar, Joan Mitchell, Carrie Mae Weems, Sandy Skoglund, Sook Jin Jo

2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701, USA

Feb 28, 2015 — Jun 14, 2015

Maria Sibylla Merian, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Käthe Kollwitz, Marie Laurencin, Sonia Delaunay, Berenice Abbott, Blanche Lazzell, Louise Nevelson, Gloria Vanderbi...

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Rose Art Museum

Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA

Feb 11, 2015 — Jun 7, 2015

Helen Frankenthaler — February 11, 2015 – June 7, 2015

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#715 Bernard Jacobson Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler: Paper is Painting

Helen Frankenthaler

Oct 13, 2010 — Nov 13, 2010

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Craig F. Starr Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler Prints and Proofs of the 1960s from the Artist's Archive

Helen Frankenthaler

5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Jun 4, 2010 — Aug 13, 2010

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#68 Miles McEnery Gallery

HELEN FRANKENTHALER

HELEN FRANKENTHALER

525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Dec 10, 2009 — Jan 23, 2010

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Craig F. Starr Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler, East and Beyond Woodcuts 1973-77

Helen Frankenthaler

5 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Jan 11, 2008 — Feb 9, 2008

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#550 Royal Scottish Academy

FRANKENTHALER Paintings on Paper (1949 - 2002)

Frankenthaler

The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL, UK

Aug 15, 2003 — Oct 26, 2003

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New Britain Museum of American Art

Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003

Helen Frankenthaler

56 Lexington St, New Britain, CT 06052, USA

Jan 1, 1990 — Jan 1, 2003

Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003 February 11, 2021 - May 23, 2021 Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003 will be the first museum presentation ...

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty

Helen Frankenthaler

London SE21 7AD, UK

Jan 1, 1928 — Jan 1, 2011

Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty In 2021 Dulwich Picture Gallery hosts the first major UK exhibition of woodcuts by leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen ...

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Art Fair Appearances12

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Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2026
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2024
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2023
The Armory Show — New York
2023
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2018
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2015
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Helen Frankenthaler: Transforming the Matrix
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May 22, 2026
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