Lot 1
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Frank Stella

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description

  • Frank Stella
  • Untitled
  • signed, dated 3/18/61 and inscribed for Tina on the overlap
  • alkyd on canvas
  • 12 x 12 in. 30.5 x 30.5 cm.

Provenance

Tina Fredericks, New York (gift of the artist in March 1961)
Thence by descent to the present owner

 

Exhibited

New York, C&M Arts, American Works 1945-1975, October - December 1997, cat. no. 34, n.p., illustrated in color and illustrated (incorrectly dated circa 1958)

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. There is a very small amount of light wear apparent at the extreme corner tips of the canvas, as is to be expected from a work of this age. At the upper left edge of the canvas, 2 ½" down from the upper left corner, there is evidence of a very light and unobtrusive liquid accretion 3/8" in diameter. Under ultraviolet light there are no apparent restorations. The canvas is framed in a metal strip frame.
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