Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Frank Stella
Wake Island Rail
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:15 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Frank Stella
b. 1936
Wake Island Rail
oil, lacquer and glitter on brushed aluminum
96 by 127 by 21 in.
243.8 by 322.6 by 53.3 cm.
Executed in 1976.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Robert Miller, New York (acquired from the above in December 1976)
Acquired from the above in 1977 by the present owner
Robert Miller, New York (acquired from the above in December 1976)
Acquired from the above in 1977 by the present owner
John Russell, "Art Beyond Good And Bad Taste," The New York Times, 8 October 1976, p. C17, illustrated
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Frank Stella Recent Paintings, 1976
The Fort Worth Art Museum; Newport Harbor Art Museum; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; The Vancouver Art Gallery; Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art; The Denver Art Museum; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Des Moines Art Center, Stella Since 1970, 1978-1980, no. 20, n.p., illustrated
New York, Gagosian, Frank Stella: Exotic Birds, 2004
New York, Lévy Gorvy, Frank Stella: Exotic Birds, 1976, 2009-2010
The Fort Worth Art Museum; Newport Harbor Art Museum; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; The Vancouver Art Gallery; Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art; The Denver Art Museum; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Des Moines Art Center, Stella Since 1970, 1978-1980, no. 20, n.p., illustrated
New York, Gagosian, Frank Stella: Exotic Birds, 2004
New York, Lévy Gorvy, Frank Stella: Exotic Birds, 1976, 2009-2010