Message from Degas
Helen Frankenthaler
1972–1974
- Medium
- Color etching and aquatint from two plates on white laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 18.1 × 22.3 cm (7 3/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Plate: 19.1 × 25.1 cm (7 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.1 × 49.8 cm (15 7/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- aquatint
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
aquatintprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
While working on Message from Degas, Frankenthaler explored color print options. However, these versions were rejected, and the print was editioned in black only.
