CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/24/2026

Back in stock! 'Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules'

Featuring 150 color reproductions of artworks and ephemera alongside documentary photographs and portraits of the artist, Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules examines the important Abstract Expressionist’s work and life in context of her influences and friendships—including Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Anne Truitt. “Friendship is pivotal to this project,” Douglas Dreishpoon writes. “It is another way to see and contextualize Frankenthaler’s own innovations. The painter chose her inner circle carefully, and those fortunate enough to be included were nurtured, feted, and sustained. As friends they visited one another’s studios, attended openings, celebrated successes, and kept up with life events. When tragedy struck, they came together to commiserate. Before fax machines, computers and email, Frankenthaler and her friends wrote to each other, sharing life’s ups and downs through chatty, at times serious, letters, postcards and notes.” Featured painting is “Western Dream” (1957).