Photo © Cowley Abbott — view this lot on Cowley Abbott ↗Painted Book Cover, 1971
Acrylic · Canvas
Cowley Abbott · Nov 28, 2025CA$42,000 ≈ $29,967 ≈ £22,677 ≈ €25,910Sign up free to see price
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Painted Book Cover
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) · 1971
$24,130 price realized incl. premium
≈ £18,960≈ €22,091
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “Acrylic in colors, on canvas bound monograph of the artist, with text by Barbara Rose, designed by Robert Motherwell”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in black ink on the spine of the book · Helen Frankenthaler signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 11 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (27.9 x 29.8 x 3.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030323)
- Date
- June 21, 2023
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 57
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $25,000 (≈ £11,786 – £19,643) (≈ €13,732 – €22,887)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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