From the Archive: Adolph Gottlieb Selects Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler
"Beach," 1950
Oil, sand, plaster of Paris and coffee grounds on sized, primed canvas
34 1/4 x 32 inches (86.9 x 81.3 cm)
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York
© 2018 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS)
New York Photograph by Rob McKeever, courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Invitation to “Fifteen Unknowns: Selected by Artists of the Kootz Gallery” at Kootz Gallery, 1950.
FROM THE ARCHIVE:
In 1950, Kootz Gallery invited three of their represented artists, Adolph Gottlieb among them, to select three works each by then-unknown artists for the exhibition, “Fifteen Unknowns: Selected by Artists of the Kootz Gallery.” Adolph Gottlieb's inclusion of the artist Helen Frankenthaler jumpstarted what would become quite an illustrious and distinguished career for this artist.