The picture developed – bit by bit while I was working on it – into shapes symbolic of an exuberant figure and ladder.... therefore: 'Jacob's Ladder' [= the title of the painting she made in 1966]. (Helen Frankenthaler)

The picture developed – bit by bit while I was working on it – into shapes symbolic of an exuberant figure and ladder.... therefore: 'Jacob's Ladder' [= the title of the painting she made in 1966].

Helen Frankenthaler

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