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Screenprint · Paper
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Sure Violet
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) · 1979
$10,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £7,162≈ €8,188
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “Etching, aquatint and drypoint in colors, on TGL handmade paper, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 32/50
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Helen Frankenthaler signature
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- I. 23 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. (60.3 x 90.2 cm) S. 30 3/4 x 43 in. (78.1 x 109.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030118)
- Date
- April 24, 2018
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 34
- Estimate
- $7,000 – $9,000 (≈ £5,013 – £6,446) (≈ €5,732 – €7,369)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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