Frankenthaler and Sandman works presented side by side in Maine

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011), ‘Sanguine Mood,’ 1971, Edition 17/75, Pochoir and screenprint on paper, 22 9/16 by 18 1/8in. (57.79 by 46.04cm). Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, 2019.28.2.9 © 2022 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Women's Board Commission, San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA). Photography by Tim Pyle, Blue Light Studio.
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011), ‘Sanguine Mood,’ 1971, Edition 17/75, Pochoir and screenprint on paper, 22 9/16 by 18 1/8in. (57.79 by 46.04cm). Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, 2019.28.2.9 © 2022 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Women's Board Commission, San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA). Photography by Tim Pyle, Blue Light Studio.
Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011), ‘Sanguine Mood,’ 1971, Edition 17/75, Pochoir and screenprint on paper, 22 9/16 by 18 1/8in. (57.79 by 46.04cm). Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, 2019.28.2.9 © 2022 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Women’s Board Commission, San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA). Photography by Tim Pyle, Blue Light Studio.

BRUNSWICK, Maine – Born a mere three years apart, both Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) and Jo Sandman (b. 1931-) received their artistic training during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition Helen Frankenthaler and Jo Sandman: Without Limits will be on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art through March 15. Co-curated by recent Bowdoin College graduate Elisha Osemobor and Co-Director Anne Collins Goodyear, it explores what can be learned by juxtaposing the work of these two pioneering artists.

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