Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Figure in a Landscape, 1960
Oil · Canvas
Phillips · Nov 20, 2024$482,600 ≈ £380,990 ≈ €456,921Sign up free to see price
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Paloverde
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011)
$2,193,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,635,713≈ €1,887,263
Hammer $1,700,000 · with buyer’s premium $2,193,000
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed “Frankenthaler” lower right; signed, titled and dated "Frankenthaler 1978 "PALOVERDE"" on the reverse · Helen Frankenthaler signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 54 x 60 in. (137.2 x 152.4 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010326)
- Date
- May 19, 2026
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 23
- Estimate
- $600,000 – $800,000 (≈ £447,527 – £596,703) (≈ €516,351 – €688,468)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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