Tethys, 1981 — Fine Art

Tethys, 1981- by Helen Frankenthaler shows a thin colour band running across the sheet. The paint settles in a slow turn, leaving a soft edge where the water carried it. You can see the brush move with a steady hand.

This print is made as a fine art piece on matte paper. The paper takes the light tones without shine, so the mark reads as it does in the painting. The frame finish can match the room, a light frame on a dark wall or a wood frame beside wooden furniture.

On a plain hallway wall art hangs at eye level near a lamp. From a few steps you see the band across the sheet, and up close the soft edge of the wash. The mark stays quiet in the light.