Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate

Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate

1978 · 30 min · Documentary

A 30-minute film about Helen Frankenthaler, who invented the stained canvas at the age of 24 and influenced a whole generation of "color field" painters.

Directed by Perry Miller Adato

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