Frank Stella - Editions & Works on Paper New York Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 21 June 2023

  • Literature

    Gemini G.E.L. 76
    Richard Axsom 23

  • Catalogue Essay

    'British and American clipper ships, fast-moving transport vessels, dominated the high seas during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The three masted, square-rigged clipper ship gained its name for "clipping" along at record speeds, made possible with a sleek hull that sliced through the water, to which the chevron shape in the prints alludes. All of the ships named in the V Series were built in Great Britain.' - Richard Axsom, Frank Stella Prints, p. 76

  • Artist Biography

    Frank Stella

    American • 1936 - N/A

    One of the most important living artists, Frank Stella is recognized as the most significant painter that transitioned from Abstract Expressionism to Minimalism. He believes 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. Stella lives in Malden, Massachusetts and is based in New York and Rock Tavern, New York.

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Frank Stella

Itata, from V Series (G. 76, A. 23)

1968
Lithograph in colors with varnish, on Lowell paper, with full margins.
I. 11 x 19 in. (27.9 x 48.3 cm)
S. 16 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (41 x 56.2 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 8/100 in pencil (there were also 12 artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles (with their blindstamps and inkstamp on the reverse), framed.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for $5,715

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 21 June 2023