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Aquatint
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Auction result
Yellow Span
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011) · 1968
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $6,000 – $8,000 (≈ £4,030 – £5,373) (≈ €5,607 – €7,477)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Aquatint · Prints & multiples all aquatint results →As published: “Aquatint in colors, on Richard de Bas Auvergne à la main paper, with full margins,”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 30/75
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · Helen Frankenthaler signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- I. 13 3/4 x 18 5/8 in (34.9 x 47.3 cm) S. 19 3/4 x 26 in (50.2 x 66 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Evening & Day Editions (NY030115)
- Date
- April 21, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 239
- Estimate
- $6,000 – $8,000 (≈ £4,030 – £5,373) (≈ €5,607 – €7,477)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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