Light Year: Six Paintings
by Helen Frankenthaler

The musical composition Light Year consists of six movements — Star Gazing, Stella Polaris, Lunar Valley, Hot Ice, Constellation, and Light Year — each based on a painting by Helen Frankenthaler. The paintings, all acrylic on canvas, are shown below.

Star Gazing
Star Gazing, 1989, 71 1/2 x 144 inches
Stella Polaris

Stella Polaris, 1990, 96 x 108 inches

Lunar Valley
Lunar Valley,1990, 48 x 96 inches
Hot Ice

Hot Ice, 1990, 66 x 111 inches

Constellation

Constellation, 1977, 84 x 108 inches

Light Year

Light Year, 1979, 81 3/4 x 55 1/2 inches

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