Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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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
John Russell, "Art Beyond Good And Bad Taste," The New York Times, 8 October 1976, p. C17, illustrated