Mountains and Sea
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Mountains and Sea is a landmark 1952 abstract painting by Helen Frankenthaler, celebrated for pioneering the soak-stain technique that helped shape Color Field painting.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract painting
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landmark artwork ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
bridge between Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting
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seminal work in postwar American painting ⓘ |
| collection | National Gallery of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionLocation | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Helen Frankenthaler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
abstracted landscape
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suggested mountains ⓘ suggested sea ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | exhibited in New York in the 1950s ⓘ |
| genre | Abstract art ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
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green ⓘ pink ⓘ red accents ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
calligraphic charcoal lines
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large unpainted areas of raw canvas ⓘ thin veils of color ⓘ |
| height | 220 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1952 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Color Field painting
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Kenneth Noland NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abstract Expressionism
NERFINISHED
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Jackson Pollock NERFINISHED ⓘ landscape of Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationCreated | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
charcoal
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oil paint ⓘ unprimed canvas ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Color Field painting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
key work in transition to Color Field painting
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major early work of Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ pioneering soak-stain technique ⓘ |
| orientation | landscape format ⓘ |
| technique |
soak-stain
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thinned paint poured and soaked into canvas ⓘ |
| title | Mountains and Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| width | 297.8 cm ⓘ |
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