Helen Frankenthaler signature

American · 1928–2011

146 catalogued lots by Helen Frankenthaler record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (71% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right29
lower left5
in the plate4
in the margin1
lower centre1
on the reverse1

Form

signed106
signed and dated23
signed in pencil16
monogrammed1

Signature as written

Forms quoted in the catalogue entries (how often each appears).

Frankenthaler×15
Frankenthaler 80×1
Frankenthaler 8/51×1
Frankenthaler 59×1
Frankenthaler ‘73×1
Harrison 22 -26×1

Catalogue signature lines

Signed “Frankenthaler” lower right; signed, titled and dated "Frankenthaler 1978 "PALOVERDE"" on the reverse — Paloverde, Phillips, May 19, 2026
Signed "frankenthaler" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, Nov 21, 2025
Signed and dated "Frankenthaler 80" lower right; signed and dated "14th + 15th March 1980 Frankenthaler" on the reverse — Untitled, Phillips, Jul 16, 2025
Signed and dated "frankenthaler '67" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, Sep 25, 2024
Signed and dated "frankenthaler July 20 '69" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, May 15, 2024
Signed “Frankenthaler” lower right — Acres, Phillips, May 14, 2024
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower left; titled and dated ""WATCH" 1979" on the reverse — Watch, Phillips, Nov 15, 2023
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right — Fire, Phillips, Nov 14, 2023
Signed and dated 'Frankenthaler 8/51' lower right — Untitled, Phillips, Jul 13, 2023
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right; signed and dated "Frankenthaler '80" on the reverse — On the Road, Phillips, May 17, 2023
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right; signed and dated "Frankenthaler '86" on the reverse — Coyote Dawn, Phillips, May 16, 2023
Signed and dated "Frankenthaler 59" lower center — Brown Bird, Phillips, Nov 16, 2022
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right — Blue Dance, Phillips, May 18, 2022
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right; further signed "Frankenthaler" on the reverse — Thanksgiving Day Series (#13), Phillips, Dec 8, 2020
Signed and dated “Frankenthaler ‘73” lower left — Off White Square, Phillips, Dec 7, 2020
Signed "Frankenthaler" on the reverse — 1973 (Thanksgiving Day), Phillips, Jul 2, 2020
Signed ’Frankenthaler‘ lower right; further titled and dated '"SCORPIO" 1987' on the reverse — Scorpio, Phillips, Nov 24, 2019
Signed and dated "Frankenthaler ’78" lower right; further signed and dated "Frankenthaler ’78" on the overlap — White Rose of Sharon, Phillips, May 15, 2019
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right — Matt Series, Phillips, Nov 14, 2018
Signed and dedicated "to Alan with love Helen" lower right; further titled and inscribed "Margaree Harbour, Cape Breton. from southern shore (Gray Cape)" on the — Cape Breton, Phillips, Nov 14, 2018
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right; further signed, titled and dated ""RED SHIFT" frankenthaler 1990" on the reverse — Red Shift, Phillips, Nov 14, 2018
Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right — Untitled, Phillips, Sep 26, 2018
Signed and dated ""Frankenthaler '76" lower right; further titled and dated "'WARMING THE WIRES' NOV. 1976" on the reverse — Warming the Wires, Phillips, Nov 16, 2017
Signed "frankenthaler" lower left; further signed, titled, dedicated, inscribed and dated "For Ron Sincerely Helen June 1988 "CHRISTMAS (1978) SUITE II" 78-6 fr — Christmas Suite II, Phillips, Nov 15, 2017
Signed and dated "Frankenthaler '71" lower right — London Memos, Phillips, May 17, 2017
Signed, dated and numbered '33/33 Frankenthaler/2000' lower rightedition: 33 of 33 — MADAME BUTTERFLY 2000, Smith & Singer, Jun 18, 2013
Signed "frankenthaler" center right — Figure in a Landscape, Phillips, Nov 20, 2024
Jeweils signiert und datiert. Werkverzeichnis: Harrison 22 -26 — What red lines can do, Grisebach, Nov 25, 2011
Pencil-signed, dated, and numbered (Artist's Proof 10/ 15) to the bottom margin — Yellow Span, 1968 Sugar lift, Circle Auction, Mar 15, 2025
Signed lower right — Bilbao, Austin Auction Gallery, Dec 6, 2024
Signed lower right — Untitled, Brunk Auctions, Apr 21, 2023
Signed lower right, pencil signed lower left, #42/72 lower left, an abstract composition — Mary Mary, Leonard Auction, Aug 21, 2022
Signed and dated lower right hand corner — "Brown Moons," 1961, Sloans & Kenyon, Apr 20, 2022
Pencil-signed and dated to the bottom right margin, pencil-numbered (#28/29) to the bottom left margin, beside a ULAE publisher's bli — I Need Yellow, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022
Signed lower left, #13/16, blindstamp lower left, depicting an abstract composition, mounted floating in a metal frame under glass — Untitled, Leonard Auction, Dec 14, 2020
Signed in pencil lower right — Untitled, DuMouchelles, Oct 23, 2020
Signed and dated in lower right margin — Untitled, Helmuth Stone Gallery, Dec 9, 2018
Signed and dated lower right — Reflections I, Clarke Auction Gallery, Jan 8, 2017
Signed lower left — Venice II, Brunk Auctions, Jul 9, 2016
Signed and dated lower right — Reflections Xi, James D. Julia, Feb 4, 2015

From the signature and inscription lines published by the auction houses in their lot descriptions. ArtSell does not authenticate signatures; a signature matching these descriptions is not evidence that a work is genuine. No house signature photographs are recorded for this artist yet. Back to Helen Frankenthaler auction results.