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Acrylic · Canvas
Phillips · May 19, 2026$2,193,000 ≈ £1,635,713 ≈ €1,887,263Sign up free to see price
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Blue Dance
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) · 1963
$2,208,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,776,633≈ €2,098,261
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed "Frankenthaler" lower right · Helen Frankenthaler signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 49 x 62 3/8 in. (124.5 x 158.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010322)
- Date
- May 18, 2022
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 9
- Estimate
- $1,800,000 – $2,500,000 (≈ £1,448,342 – £2,011,587) (≈ €1,710,539 – €2,375,748)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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