149. The Bay. Helen Frankenthaler. 1963 CE Acrylic on canvas.

• Form
  • Painted directly on an unprimed canvas; canvas absorbs the paint more directly
  • Use of runny water-based acrylic paint
  • Soak-stain technique
  • Use of landscape as a starting point, a basis for imagery in the works
  • The two-dimensionality of the canvas is accentuated
• Context and Interpretation
  • Artist worked in the avant-garde New York School at mid-century