These copper rings set off a theme
of adornment and appropriation, like «healing» copper bracelets bolstered onto Western wrists, making it even more affecting to realise that the
sturdy, industrial pillar they're attached to is
of course a
sheet of metal: completely hollow.
(New York / Connecticut, 1928 - 2011) Venice II, 1969 - 1972, edition 3/8, published by Universal Limited Art Editions with blindstamp lower left, signed lower left «Frankenthaler» and titled and dated, lithograph in colors in two stones on English hand - made paper, 31 x 23-1/4 in.;
sturdy metal frame, floated, full
sheet with deckled edges, four points
of foxing; frame with abrasions