LAmour Toujours LAmour, 1957 — Fine Art

LAmour Toujours LAmour, 1957- by Helen Frankenthaler stretches a broad painted field over the sheet. The colour sits in open areas with edges that fade out without a hard line. Up close you see the painted ground, from across the room the field reads as one large shape.

The frame in white or wood gives the picture a clear edge on the wall. That edge keeps the painted field from running off the sheet. In a dark wood frame the outline holds the open colour in place.

It works above a sofa where the light comes from one side. You notice the broad painted area first, then the thin part at the edge. The fine art print keeps the painted field steady.