"In 1953, Noland and Morris Louis travelled to New York to see galleries and studios and to visit Greenberg, whom Noland had met in 1950 at the legendary Black Mountain College and continued to see frequently.. ..who arranged for them to see the new work of the young, virtually unknown Frankenthaler, in her absence. Following Frankenthaler's example, the two painters began to experiment with staining [the canvas] on their return to Washington."