Frankenthaler's paintings, famous for their poured oil washes and idiosyncratic marks and layers, seem like unlikely candidates to be turned into woodblock prints.
Yet with the spirit of innovation that can only come from an artist driven by her own vision, Frankenthaler sanded, scrubbed, beat and generally dinged up her woodblocks in a process she dubbed "guzzying" till they rendered the soft washy effects and surprising surfaces she desired.
The image below is just one of many ideas that range in crispness, hard vs. soft edges, washiness and density of marks - and is one in a series of prints that morph as Frankenthaler explores.
Helen Frankenthaler
| Radius 1993 |
| colour woodcut printed from six woodblocks on hand-coloured paper |
71.2 (h) x 71.4 (w) cm
Great find! And thanks for starting to post your bibliography--I'm sure it's a great reference for you as well as your students.
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