Lot 279
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Frank Stella

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Frank Stella
  • Janow Sokólski III
  • acrylic, felt, canvas and cardboard on wood
  • 104 by 96 by 6 in. 264.2 by 243.8 by 15.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1972.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth Art Museum [and travelling], Stella Since 1970, 1978 - 1980, no. 17, p. 37, illustrated
Corpus Christi, The Art Museum of South Texas, Modernism of the 1970's, January – June 2008

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is scattered evidence of handling and wear. A few of the corners of the applied elements have been very slightly compressed. Additionally there are a few scattered light accretions and linear abreasions which are largely unobtrusive.
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