Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan
Artist
Burt Glinn
(American, born 1922)
DateFebruary 12, 1957 printed 1996
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 22.7 x 32.9 cm (8 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.3 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.3 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineRichard A. Heald Fund
Object number1997.4
Descriptionopening for Helen Frankenthaler's exhibition at Tibor de Nagy. They are seated beneath Frankenthaler's painting Planetarium (1957).Label TextMitchell (1925–2192), Frankenthaler (1928–2011), and Hartigan (1922–2008), are seen here at a Frankenthaler exhibition opening at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City. They are seated beneath Frankenthaler’s painting Planetarium (1957). These three artists, along with Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning, represented the prominent faces of women within the Abstract Expressionist movement. Glinn grew up in Pittsburgh, then served in the Army from during World War II. Upon his return, he studied literature at Harvard, where he photographed for the Harvard Crimson. After graduation, Glinn worked for Life magazine, then joined the Magnum Photo Agency and began a freelance career. ProvenanceG.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY
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