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Helen Frankenthaler — Stain Paintings
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Edge as Boundary
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Systems of Clarity
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Origin:
New York
Era:
1950s–1970s
Themes / Lineage:
color edge • surface field
Field Notes:
bleed • soak • edge
Quiet Modernism appears here as limits articulated through precise edges.

Edge as Boundary

Helen Frankenthaler — Stain Paintings

A sharp edge defines the limit of form.

Termination is precise.

Boundary holds.

What defines the limit?
An edge is usually expected to terminate form decisively, but that finality never escalates. Closure holds without emphasis or drama. What continues is limit sustained under restraint.

An edge is usually expected to terminate form decisively, but that finality never escalates.

Closure holds without emphasis or drama.

What continues is limit sustained under restraint.

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