Property from an Important East Coast Collection
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Frank Stella
Steller's Albatross
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
$75,000
Lot Details
glitter, acrylic and oilstick on Tycore
signed, titled and dated "Steller's albatross F. Stella '77" on the reverse
21 3/8 x 28 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (54.3 x 72.4 x 8.9 cm.)
Executed in 1977.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
“The gradual change from planar surfaces to more volumetric surfaces is a topological problem, basically the exploration of more intricate or more complicated surfaces to be worked on, i.e. painted on. The expansion of surfaces available to abstraction is what has kept me going” - Frank Stella
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Exhibited
Frank Stella
American | B. 1936 D. 2024Frank Stella is recognized as the most significant painter that transitioned from Abstract Expressionism to Minimalism. He believed that the painting should be the central object of interest rather than represenative of some subject outside of the work. Stella experimented with relief and created sculptural pieces with prominent properties of collage included. Rejecting the normalities of Minimalism, the artist transformed his style in a way that inspired those who had lost hope for the practice.
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