Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Acres, 1959
Oil · Canvas
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Warming the Wires
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) · 1976
$1,635,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,238,730≈ €1,389,007
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated ""Frankenthaler '76" lower right; further titled and dated "'WARMING THE WIRES' NOV. 1976" on the reverse · Helen Frankenthaler signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 84 x 114 in. (213.4 x 289.6 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010717)
- Date
- November 16, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 27
- Estimate
- $900,000 – $1,200,000 (≈ £681,870 – £909,160) (≈ €764,591 – €1,019,455)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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